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Reasonable Accommodation
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Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
ADA Accommodation of Last Resort Heading to Court of Last Resort Again?
We posted previously about the Seventh Circuit holding in EEOC v. United Airlines that, in deciding whether a disabled employee who cannot perform the essential functions of his or her…
Minnesota Employer
What Kinds of Reasonable Accommodations May Be Required Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) generally requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Who Cares? The Mom of a Special Needs Child Looking for New Childcare Cares
Reading Hospital assigns parking locations to employees based on seniority, department location and shift. Caught using a purloined parking pass, plaintiff was reassigned to a remote parking location, which required…
Employment Discrimination Report
Bagels And Cream Cheese Breakfast Does Not Abridge Religious Freedom of Devout Christian
Bagels and cream cheese is (are?) somewhat at the center of an interesting case arising out of a federal court in Colorado. Plaintiff was employed by the Colorado Department of…
Fair Housing Defense
What Happens if Management Fails to Appropriately Evaluate and Consider a Request for a Service or Companion Animal? You Get Sued.
Loyal Fair Housing Defense Blog readers know that responding to reasonable accommodation and reasonable modification requests by our residents is a must. The law is very clear that disabled residents (and…
World of Employment
Allergy to Perfume Not a Disability, Says Ohio Federal Court
Employers got some relief from a situation that is becoming more and more common: an employee that claims a scent allergy and wants a work accommodation. In Core v. Champaign County Board…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
U.S. Senate Introduces Pregnant Workers Anti-Discrimination Bill
By Jodi Frankel
Earlier this month Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to the Senate floor. The proposed bill, which would supplement the Pregnancy Discrimination Act enacted by Congress…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Seventh Circuit Tips Balance on ADA’s Accommodation of Last Resort
When an employee cannot perform the essential functions of his or her position, with or without an accommodation due to a disability, an employer must consider “the accommodation of last…
Employment Discrimination Report
Company Which Serves The Disabled Loses To Hearing Impaired ADA Plaintiff
Creative Networks, a Phoenix-based company that provides services to disabled clients, has just been hit with summary judgment for failing to hire a hearing-impaired applicant because of her disability, and…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Reassignment is a Possible Accommodation
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed its own precedent. It has held that the Americans with Disabilities Act may require reassignment accommodation involving transfer into a position,…