On September 15, 2021, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of an employer. In Brown v. Austin, the Tenth Circuit found that an employee’s telework, weekend work, and...more
9/27/2021
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Constructive Discharge ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employment Litigation ,
Essential Functions ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Paid Leave ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Summary Judgment ,
Telecommuting
On March 21, 2020, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas issued Second Amended Order 20-01, repealing the city’s earlier Amended Order dated March 16, 2020, and replacing it with a stricter, “Stay At Home” order to contain and...more
On February 24, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina issued an opinion in Brown v. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. regarding disability discrimination, reasonable accommodations, and...more
3/12/2020
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Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Essential Functions ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Genuine Issue of Material Fact ,
Interactive Process ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Retaliation ,
Undue Hardship ,
Wrongful Termination
On April 1, 2019, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied summary judgment in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) case, determining that occasionally excusing employees from...more