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Reasonable Accommodation
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Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Woof Woof: Accommodating Animals in the Workplace
Q. An employee has requested that he be allowed to bring his Labradoodle to work with him. Do we have to accommodate this request? A. Pets are accompanying their masters…
Wyatt Employment Law Report
Effective June 27, 2019, Kentucky Employers with 15 or More Employees Have Expanded Accommodation Responsibilities and Notice Obligations
By WyattLLP
By Sharon Gold The Kentucky Pregnant Workers Act (“the Act”), adopted in April, amends the Kentucky Civil Rights Act (“KCRA”), and expands protections for pregnant workers in Kentucky. The Act…
Texas Employment Law Update
Texas Court Holds Request for Reasonable Accommodation is not Protected Activity
Texas courts routinely look to and take guidance from federal law when evaluating claims under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act. The TCHRA is the Texas state law that…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Regular, Reliable Attendance Can Be An Essential Function, Connecticut Appellate Court Holds
By Alison Jacobs Wice, Sally Welch St. Onge
A recent Connecticut Appellate Court case provides helpful reminders that: regular, reliable attendance can be an essential function of many jobs; and eliminating an essential job function is not a…
FMLA Insights
How Does an Employer Respond to an Employee with a Terminal Illness and Who Doesn’t Have Long to Live?
By Jeff Nowak
Andy, the Director of Human Resources at one of my clients, called me last week. He was pretty distraught. One of his employees, we'll call him Tom, has been battling lung…
Employment Law Letter
If Attendance is Mandatory For Job, Is Intermittent Leave Ever a “Reasonable” Accommodation?
The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled this week that an employee’s request for extended intermittent leave is not a “reasonable” accommodation under the state’s anti-discrimination laws. You can download Barbabosa v. Board…
Employment & Labor
Following Supervisor’s “Not Working Out” Comment, EEOC Defeats Employer’s Motion For Summary Judgment In ADA Lawsuit
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis: A federal district court in Arkansas recently denied an employer’s motion for summary judgment on two EEOC-initiated ADA claims…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
When Attendance is Essential, Intermittent Extended Leave is Not Reasonable
The Connecticut Appellate Court has an interesting case coming out officially early next week about an employer's obligations to provide leave as a "reasonable accommodation". You can download Barbabosa v.…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
That’s how the ball bounces: 6th Circuit says that the ADA does not require a new supervisor as a reasonable accommodation
Cindy Tinsley was so stressed.How stressed was she?She was so stressed that even something as simple as her co-workers at Caterpillar Financial Services bouncing stress balls off the ground would…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Kentucky Adopts Pregnant Workers Act
Last week Governor Bevin signed Senate Bill 18, the Kentucky Pregnant Workers Act. The Act amends the Kentucky Civil Rights Act (KCRA) and applies to employers with 15 or more employees…