Topic
Telework
136 published works
SCOV Law
Telework, Trouble, and a Try Number Three
We could probablyuse this for every postBy Andy DelaneySCOV issued one opinion on Friday and two entry orders on Thursday this week. We'll start off with the opinion. Our opinion deals…
Labor & Employment Insights
Not So Fast: Why Your COVID Telework Policy Doesn’t Bind You Forever
By Meaghan G. Pickles, Jennifer M. Trulock
Remember when half the workforce went home in 2020 and, somehow, the work still got done? Employees remember, too, and many have used that history as ammunition today when employers…
The Employer Handbook Blog
When a Midday Commute Between Home and Work Stays an Unpaid Commute, According to the DOL
Your office staff want to skip rush hour by working part of the day from home. The DOL just told you exactly how to let them do it without creating…
DMConsultants Blog
TELETRABAJO INTERNACIONAL Y RESIDENCIA FISCAL
La revolución digital y la consolidación del teletrabajo han difuminado por completo las fronteras laborales. Hoy en día, es habitual que una empresa española cuente con profesionales que operan desde…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
A Federal Appeals Court Rules Full Time Telework “Rarely a Reasonable Accomodation”
Employers navigating accommodation requests to work remotely, take note: A federal appeals court has ruled that full time telework is “rarely a reasonable accommodation,” affirming the dismissal of ADA claims…
The Employer Handbook Blog
If Full-Time Remote Work Would Eliminate an Essential Function, You Don’t Have to Offer It
COVID-era telework was an emergency exception. Courts aren’t treating it as a permanent rewrite of job requirements. TL;DR: An IT systems administrator working as a government contractor requested full-time telework…
Employment Law Worldview
Fifth Circuit Says Telework is Not A Presumptively Reasonable Accommodation (US)
Since the COVID-19 pandemic forced many employees to temporarily work from home, employers have struggled to bring those remote employees back to the office. Since the return to business as…
Texas Employment Law Update
Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of ADA Claims Where Full-Time Telework Would Eliminate Essential In-Person Job Function
Since the COVID-19 pandemic and the necessity that many jobs be performed, at least temporarily, from home, employers and employees have litigated numerous disputes over when work-from-home eliminates an essential…
The Employer Handbook Blog
What Does the ADA Require Before You Pull a Telework Accommodation You Already Approved?
The employer granted a dispatcher’s telework accommodation, watched her work successfully from home for nearly three years, then yanked it without ever talking to her according to the EEOC. That…
DMConsultants Blog
TELETRABAJO VS VUELTA A LA OFICINA: ¿PUEDE LA EMPRESA EXIGIR EL REGRESO?
Tras el auge del teletrabajo durante la pandemia, muchas empresas están impulsando el regreso progresivo a la oficina en los últimos años. Lejos de ser una simple cuestión organizativa, este…