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Essential Functions Disability Discrimination Employee Rights

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Second Circuit Adopts Broad Reading of ADA Protections in Recent Workplace Accommodations Case

In a decision issued on March 25, 2025, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals clarified the scope of protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regarding workplace accommodations....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Disabled Employee Who Can Perform Job Still Entitled to Accommodations

The Americans with Disabilities Act defines a protected qualified individual as one who can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations. ...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Evaluating Remote Work as a Reasonable Accommodation

With many employers contemplating return-to-work directives and many employees seeking and/or needing an accommodation to continue remote work arrangements, employers must be mindful of their obligations under the Americans...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Must An Employer Grant a Request for Indefinite Leave?

What do you do when an employee wants leave for a medical condition, but has already exhausted or is not eligible for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act? Tread carefully....more

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