Termination, Disability, Corporate Counsel

Now I Know My CBDs – Louisiana Court Favors Employee Terminated for Failing Marijuana Test

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/11/2022

This country’s relationship with cannabis is a complicated one, and as is often the case in complicated matters, words matter. Marijuana and hemp are different strains of the Cannabis sativa L plant. So, “cannabis” is a...more

Can You Be “Regarded As” Disabled Based On A Potential Future Disability?

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/16/2019

This certainly sounds futuristic. (Pun intended.) Still, in a case just decided by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, EEOC v. STME, LLC, the EEOC espoused precisely this position. The EEOC sued STME for disability...more

You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Employers Don’t Have To Provide An Accommodation Requested By An Employee If There Are Other...

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/1/2018

A recent Third Circuit case, Sessoms v. Trs. Of the Univ. of Pa., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 16611 (3rd Cir. June 20, 2018), serves as a reminder that while the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) requires employers to provide...more

From the Tinfoil Hat Files: Plaintiff Sleeping on the Job Claims Sensitivity to Electromagnetic Voltage

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/18/2017

The 7th Circuit, in a short opinion issued April 6, zapped a plaintiff’s claim that he was terminated in violation of the ADA based on his condition of being overexposed to electromagnetic voltage at his job. Mr. Hirmiz, a...more

Employers Need to Consider Accommodation Requests Made at Any Time During a Disabled Employee’s Employment

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/4/2015

Can an employer simply ignore a request by a disabled employee for an accommodation made in a meeting that could lead to the employee’s termination? A recent federal case from Wisconsin says no. In the case, the former...more

Termination › Disability › Corporate Counsel

Now I Know My CBDs – Louisiana Court Favors Employee Terminated for Failing Marijuana Test

Can You Be “Regarded As” Disabled Based On A Potential Future Disability?

You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Employers Don’t Have To Provide An Accommodation Requested By An Employee If There Are Other...

From the Tinfoil Hat Files: Plaintiff Sleeping on the Job Claims Sensitivity to Electromagnetic Voltage

Employers Need to Consider Accommodation Requests Made at Any Time During a Disabled Employee’s Employment

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