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UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: June 2023

BCLP on 6/27/2023

Our June update includes cases on whether an employer notified of an employee’s pregnancy just before termination is liable for a pregnancy dismissal, whether an employer’s future discovery of a disability makes it...more

Snapshot on Manufacturing Industry: January 2022

Fisher Phillips on 1/6/2022

Welcome to FP Snapshot on Manufacturing Industry, where we take a quick snapshot look at the most significant workplace law developments over the past month with an emphasis on how they impact manufacturers. Is COVID-19 a...more

Disability Services Company to Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/29/2017

ValleyLife Failed to Provide Reasonable Accommodations to Employees With Disabilities, Federal Agency Charges - PHOENIX - ValleyLife, a disability support services company, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to...more

Obesity Not A Disability Without An Underlying Medical Cause

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/13/2016

In June of last year, we pondered whether obesity is a mere physical characteristic or a disability protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as now amended by the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act...more

All in the Family: California Court Holds Employers Have to Accommodate Disability of Employee's Family Member

Littler on 4/12/2016

A California Court of Appeal for the first time has decided that an employer has a duty to reasonably accommodate an applicant or employee who is associated with a disabled person who needs the employee’s assistance. This...more

Jury Sides with FedEx in ADA Failure to Accommodate Case

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/4/2015

For those of you who think the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) means you have to do whatever a disabled employee wants, I bring good news from of all sources, a jury in California. This case had it all—an employee...more

After He Allegedly Showed Up Drunk to Practice, Should Former USC Football Coach Steve Sarkisian Have Been Placed on FMLA Leave...

Franczek P.C. on 10/20/2015

A question was posed to me on Twitter this past week: Shouldn’t former University of Southern California (USC) football coach Steve Sarkisian have been placed on FMLA leave to get treatment for apparent alcoholism instead of...more

Alcoholism and how USC may have violated ADA by firing Steve Sarkisian

FordHarrison on 10/20/2015

On October 12, 2015, Steve Sarkisian was fired as head coach of the University of Southern California (USC) football team. While USC contends Sarkisian was fired for “cause,” there is no question that his alcohol-related...more

Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Firing For Medical Marijuana Use

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/17/2015

In a closely watched case, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that an employer could lawfully terminate an employee who tested positive for marijuana in a random drug test, even though the employee’s use of marijuana was...more

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