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Reasonable Accommodation
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Employment Discrimination Report
Yet Another Health Care Provider Must Pay For Failing To Accommodate Disability
An Albuquerque nursing home was sued by the EEOC earlier this year for allegedly violating the ADA. It has now agreed to settle for $145,000. (Link: http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/12-2-14a.cfm). An employee with…
Labor & Employment Report
Tardy While Working From Home?!!
By Fiona W. Ong
As an employer, you might think you've heard all the excuses why an employee is late for work. But what if they're working from home? Seriously, how is that even…
Texas Employer Handbook
Employment Law 101: Americans with Disabilities Act
Who, What, Why . . . Who does it apply to: The law applies to all employers with 15 or more employees. What is the issue: It is against the…
Accessibility Defense
Reasonable accommodation under the ADA – what would you do for your mother?
By Richard Hunt
I wrote last week about the difficulty in determining just what the ADA requires in cases concerning physical accessibility. A recent decision from California shows how hard it can be…
Accessibility Defense
Reasonable accommodation under the ADA – what would you do for your mother?
By Richard Hunt
I wrote last week about the difficulty in determining just what the ADA requires in cases concerning physical accessibility. A recent decision from California shows how hard it can be…
Law and the Workplace
The District Of Columbia Enacts New Employee Protections, Requires Reasonable Accommodation for Pregnant Employees
By Emilie Adams, Joshua F. Alloy
Following the example of several other states and municipalities, the Council of the District of Columbia recently enacted (and the Mayor of the District of Columbia recently signed) the Protecting…
Employment Discrimination Report
ADA Hint: “Focus On Performance Not Assumptions”
Last week we reported about the EEOC entering into a consent decree settling a disability suit for $30,000. The suit was against a Minneapolis-area home health care provider for failing to provide a reasonable…
California Workplace Law Blog
When a Workers’ Compensation Injury Occurs, Employers Should Discuss Possible Accommodations With Employee
By Jeanette R. Youngblood, Dale R. Kuykendall
Both California and federal disability laws require employers to engage in an “interactive process” discussion with employees who have disabilities about potential accommodations. Employees who are unable to work because of…
Employment Discrimination Report
EEOC Settles Case Of Fired Employee With Fibromyalgia
In a post last March we stated: Takeaway: Train your managers and staff in the ins and outs of the ADA; always engage in an interactive process re seeking a…
Employment Law Matters
Employer must consider “job restructuring” if such restructuring would accommodate disabled employee without undue hardship.
Job restructuring is one of the accommodations that an employer must consider under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its regulations. Recently, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…