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Reasonable Accommodation
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Virginia Condominium & Homeowners' Association Law Blog
ASSOCIATION FINED BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR FAILING TO MAKE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
By mainman
Yet another example of the risk involved in deciding not to make a requested accommodation in a prudent manner in light of the requirements of the Fair Housing Act. This…
Employment Law Matters
Wounded warriors want to return to work – and employers can help that transition.
On February 28, 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released two publications addressing the rights of military veterans with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as part…
Employment Discrimination Report
Court Nixes Disability Claim Based on Inability to Work Overtime
An employee tells you that he has medical restrictions. The doctor's note says the employee has leukemia and heart problems and as a result cannot work overtime. If you are…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Gap Between Disability and Discrimination Laws Leaves Some Pregnant Women Without a Job
The New York Times op-ed: Pregnant, and Pushed Out of a Job, by Dina Bakst:Few people realize that getting pregnant can mean losing your job. Imagine a woman who, seven…
Fair Housing Defense
More On Criminal Background Screening and Reasonable Accommodation Requests
As I have written before, it goes without saying that management should run a non-discriminatory criminal background and credit screening check on all of our applicants for housing. Doing so…
School Law
ADA Does Not Restrict School Districts When Teachers Can’t Perform Essential Functions of Job
Two recent decisions, one from the Sixth Circuit of Appeals and the other from the Ninth Circuit of Appeals, interestingly with both decisions having a plaintiff named Johnson, offer clarification…
Understanding the ADA
Laws do not exist in a vacuum (FHA v ADA, FMLA v ADA)
One of the things that's easy to do is forget that laws do not exist in a vacuum. On the employment side, you see this all the time. For example,…
Fair Housing Defense
Should Management Draft A Reasonable Accommodation/Reasonable Modification Policy? Yes.
As your Fair Housing Defense editor reviewed the articles our loyal readers sampled the most during 2011 -- it was clear that many of the most read posts had to do with…
California Employment Law Update
Teacher With Expired Teaching Certificate Was Not “Qualified” Within The Meaning Of The ADA
By Tony Oncidi
Johnson v. Board of Trustees, 2011 WL 6091313 (9th Cir. 2011) Patricia Johnson, who had a history of depression and bipolar disorder, taught special education for a school district in…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Ninth Circuit Holds that an Employer Need Not Reasonably Accommodate an Employee Who Does Not Meet the Job’s Minimum Requirements
By Travis Anderson and Gregg A. Fisch On December 8, 2011, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a disabled teacher who failed to meet the minimum requirements for…