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Reasonable Accommodation
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Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
California Expands Upon Lactation Accommodation Requirements
California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 1976, expanding California employer obligations respective to employee lactation accommodation. Under preexisting California Labor Code section 1031, an employer was required…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Accommodations May Be Needed for Hearing-Impaired Job Applicants and Employees
Q: I understand that employers may be required to offer reasonable accommodations to hearing-impaired applicants and employees. When are accommodations required? What kind of accommodations must employers offer? A: The Americans…
Fair Housing Defense
How Long is “Reasonable” When Responding to a Reasonable Accommodation or Reasonable Modification Request
Last week, I got a demand letter from counsel for a resident concerning a reasonable accommodation request. That’s fine as they come in all the time. At the end of…
Larkin Hoffman Employment & Labor Law Blog
When Employees Need a Medical Leave, Complying With The FMLA Alone may be Insufficient
As many know, the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to employees with serious health…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Essential functions are judged by operational realities, not job descriptions
Tony Gunter worked as a press operator for Bemis, Inc., printing graphics for the outside of Huggies diapers. In January 2013, he injured his right shoulder on the job, continued…
Labor & Employment Report
Reasonable Accommodations – Not Just for Essential Functions!
By Fiona W. Ong
A recent case highlighted a important point under the Americans with Disabilities Act that is often overlooked - reasonable accommodations are not limited only to enabling employees with disabilities to…
Law and the Workplace
New York City “Cooperative Dialogue” Law for Employees Seeking Reasonable Accommodation Takes Effect October 15
By Evandro Gigante, Laura Fant
New York City’s new law requiring employers to engage in a “cooperative dialogue” with employees requesting reasonable accommodation and provide a written determination at the end of the cooperative dialogue…
Israel Global Gateway
New York City amends Human Rights Law – employers must engage in “cooperative dialogue” with employees seeking accommodation
By Israel Group
On October 15, 2018, a new amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law regarding employer obligations when responding to an employee's potential need for a reasonable accommodation will…
Labor & Employment Insights
3 Steps to Figuring Out ADA Reasonable Accommodations for Mental Illness
What do you do when an employee discloses that he or she is stressed out and needs a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, but the requested accommodation…
Workforce Bulletin
NYC Commission on Human Rights Issues Guidance on Employers’ Obligations Under the City’s Disability Discrimination Laws
By Susan Gross Sholinsky, Nancy Gunzenhauser Popper, Amanda M. Gómez
The New York City Commission on Human Rights (“Commission”) recently issued a 146-page guide titled “Legal Enforcement Guidance on Discrimination on the Basis of Disability” (“Guidance”) to educate employers and…