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Reasonable Accommodation
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Employment Discrimination Report
Opticians Deny Request For Service Dog: Settle With EEOC For $53,000
The EEOC continues to tout its targeting of health care and medical providers under the Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA"). The "low hanging fruit" today - an optical store in Michigan…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Could Telecommuting Be Deemed a “Reasonable Accommodation” Under the ADA?
My colleague, Gabe Jiran, (go read his impressive background here, I'll wait) recently gave a presentation on telecommuting and I asked Gabe to share his thoughts on a notable topic…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
ADA: An Inadvertent Leave Law…..or Not?
While the FMLA is a leave law, the ADA is an "inadvertent leave law," said EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum. Commissioner Feldblum, who was instrumental in the drafting and enactment of…
Fair Housing Defense
Is Management Required to Grant the Exact Reasonable Accommodation Requested by a Resident? No.
Professional apartment management companies just want to know the fair housing rules. We are happy to play by them as we engage in our daily housing operations, but it can…
Employment Discrimination Report
Fired By Health Care Provider For Using a Cane?
Getting a little boring repeating our “low hanging fruit” mantra about the EEOC targeting health care facilities for ADA violations -- but it happened yet again. In fact, this new…
Fair Housing Defense
When Should Apartment Management Seek Medical Confirmation About Disabled Residents? Only if the Resident Requests a Reasonable Accommodation or Reasonable Modification
An issue which regularly comes up for apartment leasing office staff (and which is at times misunderstood) is just how much medical information about a disabled resident or applicant must…
HR Defense
Irregular Attendance May Render An Employee With A Disability “Unqualified”
By Jennifer T. Williams, Arlene K. Kline
In a recent case, Daniel Mecca v. Florida Health Services Center, Inc., Case No. 8:12-cv-02561 (M.D. Fla. February 3, 2014), a federal court in Florida held that where regular attendance…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Court Silences Horn in ADA Accommodation Case
Yet another plaintiff has sought to minimize her doctor’s restrictions and once again a court has held that an employee is bound by those restrictions. Horn v. Knight Facilities Management,…
Employment Law Watch
New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Amended To Protect Pregnancy and Require Pregnancy-Related Reasonable Accommodation
Last month, New Jersey became the ninth state to adopt formal protections for pregnancy by amending its Law Against Discrimination (the "LAD") to specifically include "pregnancy" as a protected category,…
Healthcare Workplace Update
Attendance is Essential Function under ADA for PICC Nurse
Click here for the full post which appeared on Jackson Lewis' Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog.