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Reasonable Accommodation
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Ogletree Deakins Insights
Unreasonable Delays and IMEs: The Fifth Circuit Provides Guidance on Reasonable Accommodations Under the ADA
Quick Hits The Fifth Circuit ruled that a six-month delay in granting a reasonable accommodation could constitute a failure to accommodate under the ADA, emphasizing the need for a good-faith…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
An EEOC Victory Provides Lessons on Applicant Drug Testing Accommodations
Quick Hits A jury awarded more than $400,000 in damages to an applicant who was denied employment due to a failed drug test—one that the applicant, a veteran, informed the…
Understanding the ADA
Unreasonable Delay is Actionable, Adverse Action Unnecessary, and More Good Stuff
Before getting started on the blog of the week, a housekeeping matter. I usually get my blogs up on Monday and sometimes Tuesday or even Wednesday. However, my daughter just…
Law and the Workplace
Minneapolis Expands Workplace Civil Rights Protections and Reasonable Accommodation Obligations
By Evandro Gigante, Laura Fant, Margo Richard
On May 1, 2025, Minneapolis, Minnesota’s city council passed several amendments to its civil rights ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which prohibits discriminatory practices in employment, among other areas. With regard to…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Managing employees’ food allergies and preferences in the workplace
One employee is vegan. Another is allergic to shellfish. Another is lactose intolerant. Another has Celiac disease and can't eat gluten. And yet another is kosher. You're hosting a company…
San Francisco Employment Law Firm Blog
How To Correctly Notify Your Employer Of Your Disability
By Arkady Itkin
An employer who isn’t aware of your disability prior to firing you for taking several days off work due to that condition cannot possibly be held liable for disability discrimination…
Labor & Employment Insights
Ready for the Recent Arrival? Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is Here and Kicking
By Anne R. Yuengert, Cortlin Bond
As everyone in Human Resources knows by now, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires employers to reasonably accommodate employees because of pregnancy and conditions related to pregnancy. In case…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
When Emotional Support and Service Animals Fall Short: ADA Lessons From Fisher v. City of Lansing
Quick Hits Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an employee must propose a reasonable and necessary accommodation that addresses a key obstacle that prevents the employee from performing a…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
ADA’s Interactive Process May Require Employers to Follow Up With Third Parties
Quick Hits The EEOC’s recent settlement of a lawsuit related to a company’s alleged failure to accommodate a blind employee’s request to use a screen reader app may highlight for…
Employment Law Lookout
The New Standard for Reasonable Accommodations in the Second Circuit
By: Tatiana Sterling, Ashley Casey, Marlin Duro-Martinez, and William Perkins The Second Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Second Circuit”) recently decided Tudor v. Whitehall Central School District, which changes the…