Topic
Reasonable Accommodation
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San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Third Circuit Finds Shift Change to be a Required Accommodation
A recent Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision finds that a change in shifts is indeed an accommodation which an employer may have to provide in certain circumstances. In Colwell…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Weber on Unreasonable Accommodation and Due Hardship
Mark Weber (DePaul) has posted on SSRN his new article: Unreasonable Accommodation and Due Hardship.Here is the abstract:This Article analyzes authoritative sources concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act accommodation requirement…
Fair Housing Defense
What Should You Look For in Reasonable Accommodation Requests
As I have discussed in prior posts, federal and state fair housing and anti-discrimination laws are designed to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to access and…
Fair Housing Defense
What To Do About Second Hand Smoke Accommodation Requests?
Professional apartment community owners and management companies know we have to respond to reasonable accommodation requests in order to ensure our compliance with the federal Fair Housing Act as well…
Employment Law Matters
Leave of absence taken in order to recover from a disability is not necessarily a “reasonable accommodation” under the ADA.
In an unpublished opinion, the 2d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an employee who requested a leave of absence to consult an orthopedic surgeon was unable to…
florida ROC
ROC Board Members and Managers Cannot (and Should Not) Do Everything
By Scott Gordon
The managers and board members in the communities we work with have been faced with some rather interesting situations during the past few months. Here's a sampling--see if you can…
California Employment Law
Indefinite Leave Me Alone
Like many management-side employment lawyers, I field a lot of questions from clients wondering what to do with employees on leaves of absence. Questions like: The Family Medical Leave Act and…
Alabama Employment Law Report
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION SECTION OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT CLE CONFERENCE
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the 3rd annual ABA Labor and Employment Law section's annual convention. Over 1,200 lawyers attended from around the world, and there were…
Employment Law Matters
Disabled employees must provide corroborating evidence of non-obvious, medically necessary accommodations.
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers and employees are required to engage in an interactive process with respect to a disabled employee’s request for a reasonable accommodation. In cases…
Reilly Workplace Investigations Blog
Reasonable Accommodation: Free Advice to Employers
By Debra Reilly
Are you an employer who has ever wondered how you can possibly accommodate a particular disability of an employee? The disability is just so severe or unusual (or a "mental…