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Reasonable Accommodation
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Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Handling An Employee Who Won’t Shake Hands For Religious Reasons
By Evan Gibbs
Religious issues in the workplace are challenging both from a legal and practical standpoint. Managers and HR professionals want employees to feel accepted and included, and they don’t want anyone…
Global Workplace Insider
How are pregnant employees in California protected in the event of a redundancy?
Both federal and California laws provide numerous safeguards to protect pregnant employees before, during, and after childbirth. Protections include prohibitions against discrimination during hiring and employment, and against termination based…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Second Circuit Denies Needlephobic Pharmacist’s Rehearing Request
By Lindsay B. Velarde, Kevin J. White
n a previous post, we discussed the Second Circuit’s opinion finding that Rite-Aid lawfully fired a long-tenured pharmacist after he refused to comply with the company’s new mandate that pharmacists…
Employment Law Matters
Employee’s failure to actively engage in interactive process supports dismissal of ADA claim.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires both a disabled employee and her employer to work interactively to identify reasonable accommodations for the disabled employee. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court…
Employer Law Report
Work from home case shows importance of job descriptions and interactive dialogue
In a recent “work from home” decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the court denied Sneaker Villa, Inc.’s, (the employer) motion for summary judgment.…
Lancaster Law Blog
Could a Condominium Face Legal Trouble Because of Residents’ Blog Against Emotional Support Animals
I have written a number of times on this blog about providing reasonable accommodations for “service animals” and “emotional support animals.” This legal battle continues to affect condominium and homeowner…
The EPL Advisor
Employer Will Have to Do Heavy Lifting After Court Denies Motion for Summary Judgment
In Crain v. Roseville Rehabilitation and Health Care, the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois denied an employer’s motion for summary judgment dismissing a claim under…
Labor Days
Leave as a Reasonable Accommodation under the ADA
In May 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published “Employer-Provided Leave and the Americans with Disabilities Act” The EEOC published the guidance as it observed a “troubling trend:” employment…
Understanding the ADA
This is Outrageous! April Fools:-)
I This is just outrageous!* People shouldn’t say these things, such as:** “I’m not going to change anything with respect to IEP’s. After all, appropriate progress means anything you want…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Second Circuit Says Firing Disabled Worker Was Lawful
By Lindsay B. Velarde, Roland M. Juarez
The Second Circuit recently held that Rite-Aid lawfully fired a long-tenured pharmacist after he refused to comply with the company’s new mandate that pharmacists administer immunizations. The Court’s decision overturned…