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Reasonable Accommodation
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Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
California Court of Appeal Finds Employer’s Denial of Accommodation to a Nondisabled Employee May Be Evidence of an Associational Disability Discrimination Claim
By Susan E. Groff, Jackson Lewis P.C.
On August 29, 2016, the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District reversed summary judgment earlier awarded to the employer in Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express, Inc. In…
Labor & Employment Insights
Sixth Circuit Confirms That The ADA Does Not Require Employers To Create Permanent Light Duty Positions For Disabled Employees
Giving an employee temporary light duty does not mean you have to create a permanent light duty position as a reasonable accommodation, at least according to a recent Sixth Circuit…
Understanding the ADA
EEOC Guidance on Employer-Provided Leave and the ADA
First off, I want to thank everyone who voted for me for the 2016 ABA blog 100. It has been two years in a row for Understanding the ADA, and…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Colorado Adds Pregnancy and Post-Partum to Anti-Discrimination Laws
By Tracy Thomas
Colorado Amends Discrimination Law to Accommodate Pregnant and Post-Partum EmployeesOn June 1, 2016, Gov. Hickenlooper signed into law Colorado House Bill 16-1438, requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant…
FMLA Insights
Does an FMLA Leave Request Double as a Request for a Reasonable Accommodation? Should Employers Care?
By Jeff Nowak
There is a hot debate brewing over the tantalizing question, "Does a request for FMLA leave also constitute a request for a reasonable accommodation under the ADA?" The worlds of…
Fair Housing Defense
Reasonable Accommodation/Modification Medical Verification Checklist: Is the Resident Disabled?
As discussed regularly in this space (and elsewhere), the number of reasonable accommodation and/or reasonable modification requests continues to significantly increase each and every year. As a part of this…
Administrative and Regulatory
Pennsylvania Court Says Museum Must Waive Admission Fee for Personal Care Assistants
By Kevin Fritz
Seyfarth Synopsis: Pennsylvania court rules that a museum violated the ADA when it refused to waive the entry fee for a guest’s personal care assistant. A federal district court judge…
California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
Game of Groans? Third Parties Attending Interactions with Employees
Seyfarth Synopsis: While employers usually deal with employees directly, sometimes an employer must engage with an employee’s representative. These circumstances vary, as do the potential consequences to the employer. Employers typically…
Employment Law Landscape
Love It or Leave It: Leaves of Absence the Focus of EEOC’s New ADA Accommodation Guidance
It is a rare employer that has not fielded employee requests for time off to address a health concern. The requests can come in many shapes and sizes: weeks or months…
Iowa Employment Law Blog
Is Time Off Work A Reasonable Accommodation?
Most of us think about workplace accommodations as modifications that will allow an employee with a disability to perform his job. Without the accommodation, doing the job may be difficult…