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Reasonable Accommodation
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Iowa Employment Law Blog
Does the ADA Require an Employer to Treat Disability Related Misconduct More Leniently?
An employee commits an offense that would justify termination. But, she asks for another chance because the misconduct was not intentional; it was caused by a diabetes induced severe drop…
The EPL Advisor
Working At Home May Be A Reasonable Accommodation
Working at home may constitute a reasonable accommodation according to a recent decision in Rezvan v Phillips Electronics North America Corp., Case No. 15-cv-04767-HSG (N.D. Calif.) In Rezvan, a former…
Iowa Employment Law Blog
Does the ADA Require Reassignment to a Vacant Position as a Reasonable Accommodation?
It’s an all too common situation: an employee's medical condition results in permanent restrictions that prevent the employee from performing essential job functions that she used to be able to…
Labor & Employment Insights
Apply Here! (with Everyone Else): ADA Does Not Mandate Noncompetitive Reassignment
When you can’t reasonably accommodate a disabled employee in the current position, do you have to give the employee a vacant position or can you follow your usual, competitive process?…
Law and the Workplace
Eleventh Circuit Holds the ADA Does Not Mandate Reassignment Without Competition or Preferential Treatment
By Minia Bremenstul, Nicole Eichberger
In EEOC v. St. Joseph’s Hospital, the Eleventh Circuit recently held that the reasonable accommodation standard under the ADA “only requires an employer allow a disabled person to compete equally…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Appellate Court Holds that ADA Does Not Require Reassignment Without Competition
By Tasos C. Paindiris, Paul Patten
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) suffered a setback in its attempt to establish that the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) requires an employer to reassign an employee to an…
Employer Law Report
Eleventh Circuit rejects EEOC position regarding reassignment as a reasonable accommodation
By Brian Hall
Rejecting the EEOC’s position that an employer must reassign a qualified individual with a disability to a vacant position as a reasonable accommodation so long as the individual was minimally…
Understanding the ADA
Mandatory Reassignment yet Again, Rule 59(E), EEOC Legal Malpractice?, And Other Matters
I know I said that last week’s blog entry would be my last substantive blog entry of the year, but events can always happen to change my mind. Recently, the…
California Workplace Law Blog
California Supreme Court Denies Review of <I>Castro-Ramirez</I> Decision — California Employers Must Consider Leave Accommodation for Employees Caring for Disabled Family Members
By Susan E. Groff, Jackson Lewis P.C.
In Castro Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express, Inc., the employee alleged that he was terminated from employment after he made complaints about changes to his work schedule which impacted his…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
California Supreme Court Denies Review of Castro-Ramirez Decision — California Employers Must Consider Leave Accommodation for Employees Caring for Disabled Family Members
By Susan E. Groff, Jackson Lewis P.C.
We previously reported that the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District held that an employer’s denial of accommodation to a nondisabled employee may serve as evidence of association…