A lawsuit filed April 16, 2020, in federal court in Pennsylvania may be the first suit filed over the new federal law created in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Stephanie Jones, a single mother of a school-aged son, claims...more
It was a close call, but a court recently denied an employee’s Americans with Disabilities Act claim that her employer had improperly refused a request to continue working from home as an accommodation. With the growth of...more
8/20/2019
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Aviation Industry ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
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Hiring & Firing ,
Job Duties ,
Mergers ,
Qualification Standards ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Remote Working ,
US Airways
In Van Steen v. Life Insurance Company N.A., the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the grant of long-term disability benefits to an employee working part-time....more
3/27/2018
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Appeals ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Denial of Benefits ,
Disability Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Exhaustion Doctrine ,
Long Term Disability Insurance ,
Part-Time Employees ,
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Reversal ,
Substantial Evidence Standard
In recent years, a number of collective action wage and hour disputes involving the donning and doffing of protective work clothing have made their way through the courts. And in many of those cases, the employers have been...more