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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Hiring & Firing Job Descriptions

DCI Consulting

[Webinar] Fall in Love with Job Analysis: An Introductory Guide to Studying Jobs - February 12th, 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm EST

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Curious about the fundamentals of job analysis and why it's essential to a strong HR foundation? Join us this February for a webinar that will make you "fall in love" with job analysis. We'll introduce you to the basics,...more

Fisher Phillips

Weekly Checklist: Do Your Job Descriptions Need an Update for 2024?

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FP Weekly often provides readers with a practical and cutting-edge checklist of issues to consider, action steps to take, and goals to accomplish to ensure you remain on the top of your game when it comes to workplace...more

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Weekly Checklist: Do Your Job Descriptions Need an Update for 2023?

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Each week, FP Weekly members receive a practical and cutting-edge checklist of issues to consider, action steps to take, and goals to accomplish to ensure you remain on the top of your game when it comes to workplace...more

McAfee & Taft

Potential ADA accommodations abound, but here are a few declared ‘unreasonable’

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There is no exhaustive list of potentially reasonable accommodations. Whether an accommodation is reasonable will depend on the unique circumstances of each instance, including the particular employee’s limitations and...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

7th Circuit has Spoken: Two Pound Lifting Limit, and Other Restrictions Can be an Unreasonable Accommodation under the ADA

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Athleisure company is rightfully able to terminate the employment of individual with physical limitations, despite that individual’s ability to delegate such functions of her position. See Tonyan v....more

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Nuclear Power Company Avoids ADA Discrimination Claim Meltdown

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In Flaherty v. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., ___ F.3d ___, No. 18-1759, 2019 WL 7046367, at *1 (1st Cir. Dec. 23, 2019), the First Circuit struck a terminated nuclear plant security officer’s...more

Fisher Phillips

Sitting On The Job: When Sitting Is Requested As An ADA Accommodation

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The retail setting is a particularly difficult one in which to make accommodations. This is because retail employees engage in a host of different duties that require all manner of physical activities. Those who are...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Drafting Legally Sound Job Descriptions

Job descriptions are a crucial part of recruitment and hiring, and of performing an Equal Pay Act Analysis, classifying employees for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and developing reasonable accommodations under...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Job Descriptions Can Be Shield or Sword

Job descriptions can be a shield or a sword for employers. In addition to setting clear job expectations, informing candidates of what the job entails, and providing a framework for evaluations, they are often used in...more

Polsinelli

Four Circuits Agree: Regular and Reliable Attendance is an Essential Job Function

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Recently, the United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed that regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of most jobs under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Lipp v. Cargill Meat...more

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District Court Clarifies That “Disability” Requiring Workplace Accommodation Does Not Entitle Plaintiff to Disability Benefits

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A recent case from the Western District of North Carolina contains a helpful example of how the standards applicable to an employee’s request for accommodation of a disability differ from those for...more

Cozen O'Connor

Job Description Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make

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A good job description can equip an employer with the best possible workforce available. Inaccuracies and oversights, however, can entangle your company in litigation for years. Bethany Salvatore and Bryant Andrews talk us...more

Butler Snow LLP

Top 10 Mistakes To Avoid in 2019

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It’s hard to believe another year is coming to a close, but here we are. As part of my personal year-end celebration, I have prepared an informal ranking of the top mistakes I’ve tried to help clients avoid, correct, or...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Point for the (Work from) Home Team? Sixth Circuit Says Attendance at Work Not Automatically an Essential Work Function

“You have to show up for work—it’s a part of your job.” Attendance at the workplace is an essential work function in an ADA case. But is it really anymore? With technology, some would argue that many jobs can be done from...more

McAfee & Taft

Court: Disabled or not, worker must be able to perform essential job functions

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The federal appeals court that covers Oklahoma recently ruled in favor of Walmart in a lawsuit filed by a disabled former employee. Disabled maintenance employee terminated after refusing to clean restrooms - Simone...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FLSA Implications When Telecommuting Due To Illness

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Q: I received an email from an employee stating that he is sick, but will be working from home. Should I allow my employee to work remotely while sick? What are the FLSA implications of allowing an employee to work from...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

“Don’t Tase Me, Boss!” Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Claims of Police Officer Who Refused Taser Training

If an employee gets a doctor’s note saying she can’t participate in training because of a physical limitation, does that make her disabled? It might if you treat her like she is—at least that is what the Eleventh Circuit...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Listing Essential Function In Job Description Essential To Defeat ADA Claim

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The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated the lower court’s grant of summary judgment that dismissed a disability discrimination claim brought by a female police detective. Years earlier, the detective suffered...more

Maynard Nexsen

Fear Not: Employees’ Phobias May Not Relieve Them of Essential Job Duties

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From agoraphobia to xenophobia, employers should be well aware that there is a long list of phobias—including more common disorders such as social anxiety disorder—that can be considered disabilities under the Americans with...more

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A Job Ad Doesn’t Need to Be a Job Description

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Ah, job descriptions. Boring lists of knowledge, skills, abilities, duties, and education and experience requirements – a description of the “essential functions” of a job. Not compelling reading at the best of times, and...more

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