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Reasonable Accommodation
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Texas Employment Law Update
Transitioning HR Professionals –Look to Verizon for Employment
Verizon agreed to pay $20 million dollars and ceasing using its no-fault attendance policy for absences caused by impairments qualifying as disabilities under the ADAAA. Whatever the size of Verizon's Human…
Aaron Morris' Business Law Alert
Target Pays $160,000 Settlement for Failing to Accommodate
By Aaron Morris
Target Corp. has agreed to pay $160,000 to settle federal allegations that it discriminated against an employee with cerebral palsy. The case was brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity…
Fair Housing Defense
Can a Request to Break a Lease Be Considered a Reasonable Accommodation? Yes, Depending on the Circumstances.
I got a question about a specific reasonable accommodation request last week which I thought would make for a good blog entry. The Fair Housing Act (FHA) was amended in 1988…
California Employment Law
EEOC Conducts Hearings on Leaves of Absence
I've posted before about the challenges employers face in determining how much leave an employee is entitled to. On June 8, 2011, the EEOC met to discuss issues surrounding leave of absence…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Is Leave a Reasonable Accommodation?
The EEOC will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, June 8, at agency headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., to examine the use of leave as a reasonable accommodation. The meeting…
Fair Housing Defense
This is What Can Happen if Management Fails to Appropriately Respond to an Accommodation Request
I have previously written about the perils of management failing to properly respond to reasonable accommodation and reasonable modification requests. Here is what can happen if management does not get…
Texas Employment Law Update
Could the EEOC Sue on Behalf of an Employee Who Wanted the Right to Masturbate at Work?
There has been a lot of ink spilled and kilobytes written about how the ADA Amendments Act has substantially expanded the rights of individuals with disabilities to seek and obtain reasonable…
Employment Discrimination Report
Coffee Giant Fires Dwarf*
Starbucks inexplicably terminated the employment of an employee in a Texas store who suffers from dwarfism, and who had asked for a stepladder as an accommodation. Starbucks refused to permit the…
Texas Employment Law Update
New ADA Regulations Take Effect Next Week –Are you ready?
The EEOC published its final regulations interpreting the ADA Amendments Act on March 25, 2011. Consequently, those regulations become effective on March 24, 2011. The effect of the Act and…
Fair Housing Defense
More on Parking Spots For Residents With Disabilities
I've posted previous entries about ensuring that apartment communities have the appropriate number of handicapped parking spaces (as well as spots which are van accessible) to accommodate our residents who…