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Reasonable Accommodation
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HR Law Talk
What Are the Employer’s Obligations When Engaging in the ADA Interactive Process?
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of a disability and requires employers engage in an interactive process and provide reasonable accommodations.…
Workforce Bulletin
Updated Job Accommodation Network Toolkit Available for Disability Accommodation Resources
By Joshua A. Stein, Nancy Gunzenhauser Popper
Employers seeking information about potential reasonable accommodations, and tips on the interactive process, can turn to the newly updated Job Accommodation Network (JAN) Toolkit. The Department of Labor provides funding…
FB Employment Discrimination Blog
How Do We Destigmatize and Accommodate Mental Health Impairments In The Workplace?
In honor of #mentalhealth awareness day, I remind you: There is a lot of talk these days about diversity and inclusion. And about accommodating those with disabilities. Remember: providing accommodations…
Employment Law Lookout
New York’s Latest Expansions to Human Rights Laws Shake Up Employment Landscape
By Paul Galligan and Meredith-Anne Berger Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York City Council voted to expand the anti-discrimination and retaliation provisions of the Human Rights Law to freelancers and independent…
The Blunt Truth®
D.C. Sees Latest Test Case for Employees Seeking “Reasonable Accommodation” for Off-Duty Medical Marijuana Use
By Eric Janson
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit last week in the D.C. Superior Court on behalf of Doretha Barber, a sanitation worker with the D.C. Department of Public Works,…
Dickinson Law News
Inability to Work Unpredictable, Unscheduled Overtime Renders an Individual “Not Qualified” for ADA Purposes
By rsamson@dickinsonlaw.com Dickinson Mackaman Tyler Hagen P.C.
The title may be in error: It is not a generally true statement in all circumstances. The plaintiff in the Eighth Circuit’s August 26, 2019, opinion in Tasha McNeil v. …
Dickinson Law News
Inability to Work Unpredictable, Unscheduled Overtime Renders an Individual “Not Qualified” for ADA Purposes
By rsamson@dickinsonlaw.com Dickinson Mackaman Tyler Hagen P.C.
The title may be in error: It is not a generally true statement in all circumstances. The plaintiff in the Eighth Circuit’s August 26, 2019, opinion in Tasha McNeil v. …
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
You Can’t Go Home Again: Employee’s Telework Accommodation Unreasonable, Seventh Circuit Rules
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) did not fail to accommodate a disabled lawyer by rejecting her request to work from home and offering alternative accommodations instead, the…
Law and the Workplace
New York State to Require Reasonable Accommodation for Victims of Domestic Violence
By Arielle E. Kobetz, Evandro Gigante, Laura Fant
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law amendments to the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL) that expand protections for employees who are victims of domestic violence. …
Understanding the ADA
Effective Communication Obligations Reach Beyond any Interactive Process
School is coming up for many. Here in Atlanta, many started August 1 if not the Monday of that week. By the end of this week, just about everybody in…