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Reasonable Accommodation
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Texas Employment Lawyer
Parties’ conduct can show whether or not a reasonable accommodation offer was ever made.
“[Defendant] contends that it twice offered [the employee] a reasonable accommodation in the form of clerical work, which offers she ignored or rejected. This first offer was undisputedly made, but…
Texas Employment Lawyer
An application for benefits under a disability policy stating that the claimant is “totally disabled” does not preclude them from claiming they could perform their job with reasonable accommodation if they never represented otherwise on their application and the definition of “disability” in the policy is not incompatible with that fact.
“[The employee’s] claim that she was temporarily totally disabled for the purposes of private disability benefits is not inconsistent with the claim that she could work if provided an accommodation. .…
The EPL Advisor
Sixth Circuit: Evidence That Disabled Employee Performed His Job without Incident for Decades Raises Fact Issue, Despite Written Job Description
The Sixth Circuit recently reversed the grant of summary judgment in favor of an employer in a case arising under the Americans With Disabilities Act. The Court determined that an…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Employers, Employees and Reasonable Accommodations: A Webinar
Tomorrow, I'll be part of a webinar produced by the American Bar Association on reasonable accommodations under the ADA. You can still sign up here. The topic page for the…
Understanding the ADA
Just What Does Qualified/Otherwise Qualified Mean Anyway?
Today‘s blog entry comes from the Sixth Circuit and it reminds us of the following: 1) job descriptions must be kept current; 2) essential functions of the job must reflect…
California Employment Law
ADA/FEHA Interactive Process Issues – Debate Over Doctor’s Notes
By Nancy Yaffe
I recently participated in a panel discussion about ADA/FEHA reasonable accommodation and interactive process issues for the LA County Bar Association. I presented on a panel with a plaintiff’s attorney…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Justice Dep’t Settles Pregnancy Accommodation Cases in Police Officers’ Favor
By Tracy Thomas
Justice Department Settles Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Against City of Florence, KentuckyThe Justice Department filed a proposed consent decree with the city of Florence, Kentucky, to resolve a pregnancy…
Employment Discrimination Report
Eighth Circuit Holds That Employer’s Duty To Engage in Reasonable Accommodation Discussions Can Be Inferred from Circumstances
Bill Egan writes: Under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), a covered employer must provide reasonable accommodations to disabled employees, unless doing so would cause an undue hardship on the…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Silence May Not Be Golden When It Comes to the ADA’s Interactive Process
My colleague Gary Starr sits next to my office and sometimes we bounce ideas off each other. One of the things we were talking about recently was a new case that discussed…
Labor & Employment Insights
Sign of the Times: EEOC Settles Case of Employer Failing to Provide ASL Interpreter for Job Interview
A deaf person applies for a job and the employee who takes applications asks you “how can a deaf person do this job?” What if an essential function of the…