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Why did a transgender employee who needed leave from work lose claims for both sex and disability discrimination?
Sometimes it’s easy to lose the forest for the trees. Continue reading
OSHA to CDC: We hear you, dawg. We’ll update our face mask guidance too.
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Dawg, Eric?
Clearly, I’ve been watching too many American Idol and Pimp My Ride reruns. Continue reading
Read this post before accommodating a disabled employee with a job reassignment. (It could save you a lawsuit.)
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental impairments of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability. Technically, both courts and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission consider reassignment to a vacant position to be a reasonable accommodation.
But, here’s the thing. Continue reading
DON’T DO THIS: Threaten to fire employees that get a COVID-19 vaccination
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Today’s edition of “DON’T DO THIS” comes from an unlikely source: The Howard Stern Show. Continue reading
Yet another court reaffirms that the ADA does not require accommodating marijuana use
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It’s been a minute since I’ve gotten to blog about the Americans with Disabilities Act and accommodating an individual with a disability and a marijuana card who uses doctor-prescribed marijuana off the clock.
Better dust off the cannabis scales of justice for this one.
EEOC confirms that new COVID-19 vaccination incentive guidance is coming soon
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Since the EEOC last updated its “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws” resource document on December 16, 2020, it published proposed wellness rules only to walk them back less than a week later. So, several business groups wrote to the EEOC asking the big question: to what extent may employers offer employees incentives to get the COVID-19 vaccine without violating the Americans With Disabilities Act and other laws enforced by the EEOC.
It appears that we may get an answer soon. Continue reading
This is, by far, the most important ADA decision so far in 2021.
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And it’s not at all what you think. Continue reading
As a reasonable accommodation, must an employer transport an employee with a disability to/from work?
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One of your employees has a disability that prevents her from getting to work consistently. The problem is that regular attendance is an essential function of the job. So, remote work isn’t an option.
Do you need to provide her transportation as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act? Continue reading
Gas up the Bugatti for the commute! Pennsylvania has relaxed its private sector restrictions on teleworking.
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Come on, Eric! Yesterday, you blogged about Philly, and now this. What’s with all the Pennsylvania posts this week? Continue reading