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workplace accommodations
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Labor Law Prof Blog
Grossman & Thomas on Post-Young Pregnancy Accommodation Cases
In Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc., the Supreme Court created a modified McDonnell Douglas standard to evaluate pregnancy accommodation cases. If you are wondering how courts are handling these…
Employment & Labor
Is Wi-Fi Sickness a Disability? California Appellate Court Holds That It Is Under FEHA
By Cory L. Webster, Laura P. Worsinger, Allison M. Scott
Is Wi-Fi sickness a disability? The California Court of Appeal just said it is in Brown v. Los Angeles Unified School District (2d Dist., Div. Eight), Case No. B294240. In a case…
Achkar Law Blog
Submitting Proper Medical Records for Accommodation
During the course of any employment, there may be occasions in which an employer asks an employee for a medical note. This could be in relation to taking a sick…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
How Pregnant Employees Fare When Denied Workplace Accommodations, Some Improvement 5 Years After Young v. UPS
By Tracy Thomas
Nicole B. Porter, Accommodating Pregnancy Five Years After Young v. UPS: Where We Are & Where We Should Go, 14 St. Louis U. J. Health L. & Pol'y, ForthcomingThis Article…
Global Workplace Insider
Entre l’obligation d’accommodement et milieu de travail sécuritaire : un équilibre difficile à atteindre pour les employeurs à l’ère du cannabis médical
Le 17 octobre prochain marquera le deuxième anniversaire de la légalisation du cannabis récréatif au Canada. Bien que cette réalité fasse maintenant partie de notre quotidien, différentes questions liées à…
Ohio Employment Law Matters
EEOC updates Q&As on COVID-19 pandemic: testing, accommodation, and other considerations
The EEOC updated its Q&As on COVID-19 and the pandemic in light of the ADA and Rehabilitation Act. The highlights are as follows: Employers may: Require accurate and reliable COVID-19…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Take a Break! Georgia Amends Its Lactation Break Law
The state of Georgia has had a lactation break law on the books for quite some time, but with House Bill 1090 the legislature made some important changes, effective August…
Rudner Law Blog
Back to Normal? COVID-19 and Return-to-work Issues
For months now, we have been trying to spread this message: although a lot of things have changed over the last few months, one thing that has not is that…
Health Law Prof Blog
The Deserving Worker: Decisions About Workplace Accommodation by Judges and Laypeople
Jill D. Weinberg (Tufts University), Laura Beth Nielsen (Northwestern University), Kathryn Albrecht, The Deserving Worker: Decisions About Workplace Accommodation by Judges and Laypeople, 41 L. & Pol’y 286 (2020):Employment civil…
Centre Knowledge Blog
COVID-19 and Employee Accommodations: Current State of EEOC Guidance
By David Warner, Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued updated technical assistance questions and answers entitled “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation…