Topic
Reasonable Accommodation
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Minnesota Employer
The Interactive Process Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
By LexBlog Admin, Michael Miller
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) generally requires an employer to provide a reasonable accommodation to a disabled employee or applicant if the accommodation is necessary to enable the employee or…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
EEOC Does Not Issue ADA Attendance Guidance, Yet Again
The extent of an employer’s obligation to extend leave and excuse absences as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA is perhaps the most vexing ADA issue for employers. In June…
florida ROC
ROCs and Fair Housing “Testers”
By Scott Gordon
As many of my readers know, among the topics frequently discussed on this blog are the many issues facing resident owned communities when dealing with the Fair Housing Act. I've…
Fair Housing Defense
Always Respond to Reasonable Accommodation/Modification Requests. Please.
Anybody remember the 1981 classic Bill Murray movie Stripes? It is one of my favorites. Remember the scene near the beginning of the film (before he joins the Army)…
Employment Law Matters
Seventh Circuit underscores a circuit split on preferential reassignment of disabled individuals to open positions.
The Federal Circuits currently are split on the issue of whether the ADA requires reassignment of disabled employees to vacant positions when a more qualified candidate exists, with the 10th…
Employment & Labor
Seventh Circuit Signals Potential Shift In Law For Job Transfers As A Reasonable Accommodation In EEOC-Initiated Litigation
By Christopher DeGroff and Annette Tyman On March 7, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of a case brought by the EEOC challenging the…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Flexible Work Schedule for All: Greater Challenge or Greater Profits?
Employers challenged with scheduling modifications due to reasonable accommodation requests under the ADA, intermittent leave requests under the FMLA, and paid sick leave requests in some jurisdictions, but looking to…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Last Word on Accommodation of Last Resort Yet To Be Spoken
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…
Understanding the ADA
Reassignment of employees… Eventually headed to the US Supreme Court
Yesterday, in EEOC v. United Airlines, Incorporated, (docket number 11-1774, March 7, 2012 (Seventh Circuit)), the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit came down with a decision…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Seventh Circuit Invites En Banc Petition for ADA Case of Accommodation
Sam Bagenstos (Michigan) brings to our attention an important on-going case in the Seventh Circuit concerning the scope of the reasonable accommodation right under the ADA.Some highlights from Sam's post…