Topic
Reasonable Accommodation
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Minnesota Employer
Is A Leave of Absence Longer Than Six Months Required As A Reasonable Accommodation?
According to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, the answer to whether a leave of absence longer than six months is required as a reasonable accommodation is…
Southwest Florida Business and IP Blog
Employment Law IQ: Reasonable Accommodation, Termination and the ADA
Consider this scenario: Carmen Parada worked for Banco Industrial de Venezuela in New York as a credit analyst, a largely sedentary job that involved organizing credit letter applications, ensuring that…
Employment Discrimination Report
EEOC: “Door Shut In Face” Of Employee With Mobility Impairment
The EEOC means this pretty literally. It just sued a Wisconsin company under the ADA for firing an employee with a disabling condition that substantially limits his ability to walk. …
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Reasonable Accommodations Enable Employees to Work, “Not to Not Work”
The recent Tenth Circuit decision in Hwang v. Kansas State University upholding the employer's inflexible leave policy causes one to ponder the logic of leave as an accommodation under the…
Employment Discrimination Report
Deaf Employee Fired By Non-Profit Created To Help People With Disabilities
This post could be one of Christina's Friday Fun posts if it were not deadly serious. Our post today is a beautiful example of our (probably overused) terms “low hanging…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Wait, “Inflexible” Leave Policies Are Actually Okay? Sometimes.
So last month we talked about how an employer may, in some circumstances, need to give additional leave as an accommodation above and beyond the Family and Medical Leave Act. …
Employment Discrimination Report
EEOC: Medical Transportation Company To Pay Fired EMT-Paramedic With MS $72,500 To Settle ADA Suit
Once again a medical/health services company must pay for (allegedly) violating the Americans With Disabilities Act. Almost two years ago we wrote about a case filed by the EEOC against…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Inflexible Leave Policy is Fair, Lawful and Protects Disabled Employees, Says Tenth Circuit
Reports of the demise of inflexible leave policies—leave policies that result in termination if the employee is unable to return to work after a fixed amount of leave – are…
Fair Housing Defense
Some Guidance on Verifications for Reasonable Accommodation and Reasonable Modification Requests
One of my recent posts sparked some comments about the requirements concerning seeking verification of reasonable accommodation or reasonable modification requests. Remember that a resident (or applicant) must make an…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Sixth Circuit: “The ‘workplace’ is anywhere that an employee can perform her job duties.”
Last month, in EEOC v. Ford Motor Co., the Sixth Circuit held 2-1 that the ADA may require an employer to permit telecommuting as a “reasonable accommodation” for a disabled…