Topic
Reasonable Accommodation
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Employment & Labor
Employer’s Exclusive Reliance On Workers’ Compensation Calculations Can Add Up To Liability For Failing To Accommodate Disabled Employees
When an employee is disabled by an industrial injury, an employer’s obligations under the Workers’ Compensation Act generally can be measured with what could be called arithmetic-like calculations. However, gaging…
Employment & Labor
Defense Fees Awarded In Another Failed EEOC Case
By Christopher DeGroff and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Employers sued by the EEOC under the ADA litigate with the threat of the full weigh of the government being brought to…
Michigan Employment Law Advisor
A Road Map for Responding to Requests for Accommodations under the Americans with Disability Act
By Jason Shinn
A common issue under the Americans with Disabilities Act concerns asking for and responding to a request for a reasonable accommodation. It is important for employers to understand their obligations…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
A Workers’ Compensation Rating Of 100% Disabled Does Not Relieve An Employer Of Its Obligations Under The ADA And FEHA
Cuiellette v. City of Los Angeles (April 22, 2011) cautions employers that when an employee has been rated as 100% disabled for workers’ compensation purposes, the employer is not relieved…
Fair Housing Defense
Back to the Basics of Reasonable Accommodations and Reasonable Modifications
The Fair Housing Act (FHA) requires that management provide a reasonable accommodation (a change in a rule or policy) or a reasonable modification (constructing, adding or physically removing something) when necessary to permit an individual…
Employment Law Watch
U.S. Regulations Shift Focus from Disability to Accommodation
EEOC Publishes Long-Awaited Regulations Under the ADA Amendments Act More than two years after the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (“ADAAA”) became effective, the EEOC has issued Final Rules and…
Employment & Labor
The EEOC Has Issued Final Regulations Under the Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA”)
Co-authored by Condon McGlothlen and Tracy Billows The Final Regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act (“ADAAA”) were released today for publication tomorrow in the Federal Register. These Regulations,…
Pennsylvania Law Monitor
What Your Common Interest Community Needs To Know When Considering Requests By Disabled Owners For A “Reasonable Accommodation”
The United States Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful for a residential common interest community to discriminate in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale or rental of housing,…
Fair Housing Defense
More on Smoking and Reasonable Accommodation Requests
I hesitate to publish this post. Because it deals with smoking in apartments. With the exception of service animals, smoking is probably the next most emotional issue -- with tempers running…
Fair Housing Defense
What About the Need to Verify a Disability?
I got a question today that merits a blog entry. What can or should management do concerning the need to verify or otherwise obtain medical documentation regarding the need for…