Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Avoid the Naughty List: Eighth Circuit Insight into Handling Requests for Reasonable Accommodations under the ADA

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/22/2022

We can’t pass up the opportunity to encourage you to stay off the naughty list by telling you about this Eighth Circuit case offering guidance on working with your employees who request ADA accommodations. In Joseph Mobley v....more

Asking Applicants For Vax Status? Not So Fast, Employers.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 10/8/2021

I'm not sure the ADA will let you do that. There has been a lot in the news lately about job applicants who include their COVID-19 vaccination status on their resumes, employers who ask applicants for that information, and...more

The ADA Is Not a Medical Leave Entitlement, Seventh Circuit Declares

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/22/2017

Today’s employers must run their businesses within the competitive environment in which they operate while affording employees an ever-increasing array of leaves. Yet, running a business without a full complement of employees...more

EEOC Sues Connections CSP For Disability Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/18/2017

Human Services Provider Unlawfully Fired Employees Who Needed Medical Leave, Federal Agency Charges - WILMINGTON, Del. - Connections CSP, Inc., one of Delaware's largest non-profit organizations that provides health care,...more

EEOC Sues Capstone Logistics For Disability Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/18/2017

Human Services Provider Unlawfully Fired Employees Who Needed Medical Leave, Federal Agency Charges - WILMINGTON, Del. - Connections CSP, Inc., one of Delaware's largest non-profit organizations that provides health care,...more

“I’ll Be Back To Work Soon”: Massachusetts Addresses An Employer’s Obligations When Employee On Leave Gives An Indefinite Return...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/17/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 5, 2017, in M.C.A.D. v. Country Bank for Savings, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (“MCAD”) held that an employer engaged in unlawful disability discrimination when it...more

Employment Law - September 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/16/2015

From the California Legislature: New Employment Laws, Bills Set for Signature: Why it matters - The California Legislature has been busy with employment-related bills, passing measures to provide additional...more

New Jersey Appellate Division Rules that Nurse’s Termination Based On Her Physical Limitations Could Violate The NJLAD

Genova Burns LLC on 9/4/2015

On August 28, 2015, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division in Grande v. Saint Clare’s Health System, reversed the decision of the trial court granting summary judgment to the defendant finding that plaintiff’s...more

Dealership Update, No. 4, November 2013: The ADA And The FMLA: Look Both Ways At The Intersection

Fisher Phillips on 11/12/2013

Employees who become injured, disabled, or ill may be entitled to leave under several federal laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Complying with the...more

Tucson-Area Trucking Company CTI Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/18/2013

Company Failed to Provide a Reasonable Accommodation to Visually Impaired Employee And Fired Her and Others Because of Their Disabilities, Federal Agency Charges - PHOENIX - CTI, Inc., a Tucson-area regional trucking...more

Employees May Take “Total Disability” And Seek Accommodation Too

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 9/20/2013

Just because a disabled employee takes long term disability benefits and certifies she is unable to work, doesn’t mean she can’t seek workplace accommodations. Smith v. Clark County School District, No. 11-17398 (9th Cir....more

Failure To Provide Additional Leave As ADA Accommodation Could Prove Costly To Employers

Franczek P.C. on 6/10/2013

For ages, the employer community has awaited guidance from the EEOC regarding how much additional leave, if any, an employer is required to provide an employee as an ADA reasonable accommodation when an employee is unable to...more

Fenwick Employment Brief - March 2013

Fenwick & West LLP on 3/14/2013

In This Issue: - Feature Articles: - California Court Of Appeal Significantly Expands Pregnancy Leave Rights - New York Employer's Flex-time Policy Precluded Holding Employee Accountable For Tardiness ...more

Employer Has No Obligation to Provide “Light Duty” Assignment Under FMLA or ADA

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/12/2013

Employers often assign light duty to employees who are returning to work after recuperating from illnesses or injuries. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held, however, that neither the Family and Medical Leave Act...more

Employer Beware - Automatic termination policies are illegal. Just ask Sears.

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 2/13/2013

Qualified employees with a disability are entitled to a reasonable accommodation from their employer to enable them to perform the essential functions of their job. One of the most difficult issues employers face is...more

Lost in Translation: California's New Pregnancy Disability Leave Regulations and Their New, Contradictory Obligations

Littler on 1/7/2013

In regulations that became effective December 30, 2012, California employers received additional guidance on how to handle leaves of absence for employees disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition....more

New York State Appellate Court Dismisses Disability Discrimination Claim Where Plaintiff Responded With Hostility To Defendant’s...

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/27/2012

Romanello v. Intessa Sanpoalo S.P.A., No. 109314/092012, 2012 NY Slip Op 05595 (1st Dep’t July 17, 2012): The New York Appellate Division, First Department affirmed dismissal of the plaintiff’s disability discrimination...more

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