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VLOG time! The EEOC dropped some new-ish COVID-19 guidance for employers.
You can either read it here. Or, you can relax with a morning scotch latte and watch me explain it in this latest video from The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel. (Click here to subscribe).
Either way, enjoy! Continue reading
Here is a page from the COVID-19 ADA accommodation playbook
By John Dorwin – <span class=”int-own-work” lang=”en”>Own work</span>, Public Domain, Link
In its recent COVID-19 Americans with Disabilities Act guidance, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission encouraged that employers be flexible in determining accommodations for employees during the pandemic. Some suggestions included temporary job restructuring of marginal job duties, temporary transfers to a different position, or modifying a work schedule or shift assignment to permit an individual with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job safely.
One employer may be learning this lesson the hard way. Continue reading
An indefinite leave of absence may be an ADA reasonable accommodation. Wait, WHAT?!?
Image by ErikaWittlieb from Pixabay
As employment lawyers, we counsel clients that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to requests for reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Indeed, they are very fact-specific. Although, there is one fundamental immutable truth; namely, a request for an indefinite leave of absence is never reasonable under the ADA.
Or so, I thought. Continue reading
It’s a mini COVID-19 Q and A! (Before I see y’all on Zoom today at Noon EDT.)
Before we see what’s in the mailbag, here’s your final reminder to register (here) for today’s free Zoom session at Noon EDT today with me and some of my friends from the EEOC. We’re going to be talking mediation, pro-tips, and the new pilot program. Continue reading
Must you consider transferring a problem employee before lumping him in a COVID-19 reduction in force?
I’m reminded of the Mötley Crüe hit Same ‘Ol Situation (S.O.S.). The actual lyrics have nothing to do with employment law — sexual harassment, maybe? — but I digress… Continue reading
I have new guidance for employees struggling with substance abuse issues during this pandemic
(U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)
Technically, the new guidance is from the EEOC. But, since this is my blog, I’ll take credit for sharing it.
Happy 30th Birthday to the Americans with Disabilities Act
Thirty years ago — technically, thirty years ago yesterday — President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities.
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Your state just imposed new quarantine rules for out-of-state travel. Now what?
A client emailed me yesterday asking if I’d read about the new COVID-19 quarantine restrictions for travelers to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Specifically, the client asked whether they could trigger a need to provide leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Maybe your state has similar restrictions, and you’re looking for answers too.
Well, you’ve come to the right place. Continue reading
Can you fire an employee who knowingly comes to the office with COVID-19?
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TL;DR – Damn skippy, you can. Continue reading