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workplace accommodations
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Illinois Law to Require Pregnancy Accommodations
By Tracy Thomas
Nat'l Law Rev, Illinois Targest Mid-December for Issuing Required Employer Posting under Pregnancy Accommodations LawDifferent and arguably greater obligations on businesses are imposed under the Illinois law than under federal…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Members of Congress Submit Amicus in Pregnancy Accommodation Case
By Tracy Thomas
NWLC Submits Amicus Brief on Behalf of 123 Members of Congress in Supreme Court Case[T]he National Women’s Law Center and law firm Jenner & Block submitted an amicus brief on…
BeLabor the Point
Religious Discrimination: The Balance Between Protecting Customer Relations and Making Employee Accommodations
Ver la versión en español aquí A bank teller in Kentucky recently sued her employer claiming that she was fired from her job for telling every customer she met to…
Understanding the ADA
Be careful about taking accommodations that are working away
I know I generally blog on Mondays, but this has been a strange week between client matters and an unusual family schedule. Also, it isn't unusual for those who blog…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Supreme Court Will Review Pregnancy Discrimination Case
Bloomberg BNA: Justices Will Review Accommodation Issue Arising Under Pregnancy Discrimination Act, by Kevin P. McGowan:Granting a United Parcel Service Inc. driver's petition, the U.S. Supreme Court July 1 agreed to…
Southwest Florida Business and IP Blog
Employment Law IQ: Nursing Mothers in the Workplace
Consider this scenario: Eve is employed as a counter person at Cars-R-Us, an auto parts store with twenty employees. Eve recently returned to work after giving birth. She asked Cars-R-Us…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Grants Cert in Pregnancy Accommodations Case
By Tracy Thomas
The US Supreme Court granted cert today in Young v. UPS, 707 F.3d 437 (4th Cir. 2013). The question presented is whether an employer must provide workplace accommodations to a pregnant employee similar to those…
Drug and Alcohol Testing Law Advisor
Nevada’s Medical Marijuana Law Takes Effect April 1, 2014
Nevada’s medical marijuana law, Nevada SB 374, takes effect on April 1, 2014. What does the law mean for Nevada employers? The law explicitly states that it does not “require…
Employment Discrimination Report
Does Your Employee Have Morning Lateness Problems? Maybe They Should Get a Dog.
I have spent some time this week discussing a client's employee's seemingly chronic lateness problem. The question arose whether the employer was required to provide an accommodation if the employee's…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Stein, Silvers, Areheart & Francis on Accommodating Every Body
Congratulations to Michael Stein (William & Mary), Anita Silvers (San Francisco State-Philosophy), Brad Areheart (Tennessee), and Leslie Francis (Utah), all of who just posted to SSRN their co-authored paper forthcoming…