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Reasonable Accommodation
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Religion Clause
5th Circuit: Firefighter Was Offered Reasonable Accommodation of His Anti-Vaccination Beliefs
In Horvath v. City of Leander, Texas, (5th Cir., Jan. 9, 2020), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a suit brought by Brett Horvath, a…
A Lawyer's Blog
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE – DOCUMENTING THE NEED FOR ACCOMODATION
Matter of Pham (Sperber, Denenberg & Kahan, PC-Commissioner of Labor), State of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division Third Judicial Department, Decided and Entered: December 12, 2019, Index 529274:"Claimant worked as…
Labor & Employment Insights
Lingering Lateness Later Litigated: 11th Circuit Rules on ADA
What happens if you give an employee an accommodation that goes above and beyond what the ADA requires? Can you change your mind down the road and stop providing that…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
The ADA never requires an employer to create a position as a reasonable accommodation
Randona Johnson took a medical leave from his position as a process coach at a Ford assembly plant to deal with back pain, hypertension, and depression. After five months of…
Employment & Labor
Health Care Industry Employers Time to Redouble Efforts to Avoid Claims of Disability Discrimination (Part 1)
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. Title I of the ADA covers employment by private employers with 15 or…
Understanding the ADA
Hostile Work Environment Issues and Demotion as a Reasonable Accommodation
Next week is Thanksgiving week. My daughter has that entire week off. So, I am not sure about a blog entry for next week. I have a whole bunch…
Understanding the ADA
Interactive Process Framework
I recently had the privilege of presenting at the Georgia ADA Coordinators conference held at the Georgia aquarium. In the room that I presented in, it ran right up against…
Employment & Labor
Tennessee Federal Court Axes ADA Anxiety Discrimination Claim And Grants Summary Judgment To Employer Against The EEOC
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: In an EEOC disability discrimination lawsuit alleging that an employer failed to accommodate and then wrongfully terminated a laundry…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
A Job Description is Not Determinative When Considering Reasonable Accommodation Requests
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), an employee is entitled to a reasonable accommodation if the employee has a disability and is a “qualified individual,” meaning that the employee…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Regular, On-Site Attendance Is Essential Function of Auditor Job, Sixth Circuit Rules
The Sixth Circuit previously explained in Hostettler v. College of Wooster, 895 F.3d 844 (6th Cir. 2018) that regular, in-person attendance is not a per se essential function of every…