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Managing job accommodation requests

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The Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to consider and offer reasonable accommodations to disabled employees, so long as the accommodation does not impose an undue hardship upon the employer’s operations....more

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Summer Fun Quiz For Employers!

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Happy days are here again! How much do you know about summer workplace fun in '21? Take our quiz and find out! As always, the answers appear right after each question, so you can cheat all you want -- we'll never know. And...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Can Employers Require Vaccinations For COVID-19?

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On December 16, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employer Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a much-anticipated guidance to employers considering mandatory vaccinations for COVID-19. While it will be months before vaccines are...more

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Employers Should Carefully Manage Interactive Process When Considering ADA Accommodations

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In some situations, employers call us to ask about an employee’s request for job modifications that appear unworkable on their face. Sometimes, the requests remove a substantial part of the employee’s job duties, often...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

So, What Exactly is the Interactive Process?

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Most employers are well aware that the Americans with Disabilities Act (and similar state laws) require employers to engage in the “interactive process” when an employee requests a disability accommodation. But in actual...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

When to Say When? Fifth Circuit Rules on When an Accommodation Isn’t Working

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In a published opinion, the Fifth Circuit has held that an employee’s poor performance in a light-duty position can relieve the employer from any further obligation to find a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with...more

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ADA Compliance: Landlords, You're On the Hook

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The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination based on disability. Title III of the ADA requires that businesses provide accommodations to persons with disabilities and access that is equal or similar to...more

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Employee’s Failure to Participate in Interactive Process Dooms ADA Claim

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A diabetic employee who quit her job in response to her employer’s rejection of her suggested “reasonable accommodation” cannot support claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), according to the First Circuit...more

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First Circuit Confirms Importance of Good Faith Interactive Process

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The First Circuit Court of Appeals has given us yet another case demonstrating the importance of not only engaging in the interactive process, but doing so in good faith....more

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