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What does the ADA say about employees who use prescription drugs to treat drug addiction?
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Do transgender employees have ADA rights also? “Well, it depends,” said the lawyer.
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When you think about lawsuits involving transgender employees and issues of gender identity, most assume that those claims would be asserted as sex discrimination claims. Often, those cases involve allegations of sex stereotyping. Continue reading
Two important announcements and an ADA lesson “straight out of the school of hard knocks.”
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Here are the important announcements: Continue reading
Very special FMLA/ADA greetings from Huntsville, Alabama
I took this picture. Not bad, eh?
Filed under: “Didn’t think I’d be saying that in 2018.”
But, it’s all good.
I am grateful to Ben Eubanks and the Northern Alabama Chapter of Society for Human Resource Management for this opportunity to debut my new and improved “My Employees Can Miss How Much Work?!? Managing the Challenges of Leave Under the FMLA and ADA?” to a fantastic audience of HR professionals in Huntsville, AL today.
What Dallas’ zero Super Bowl rings this century can teach you about ADA essential job functions
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Did you know that the Super Bowl MVP, Philadelphia Eagles (backup) Quarterback Nick Foles, has more playoff wins in the last three months (3) than the Dallas Cowboys have in the past twenty years (2)?
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When is working overtime an essential job function? (Psst. I’ll tell you.)
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Today, I’m going to revisit a topic that I’ve previously discussed a few times on the blog (here and here); namely, when is working overtime an essential job function under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
The quick answer is: the employer decides when.
But, let’s do a deeper dive. Continue reading
No one ever said that this FMLA stuff would be easy.
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Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, an eligible employee is entitled to take up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave in a 12-month period.
So, what happens if an employee exhausts 12 weeks of leave and doesn’t return to work on the next working day? Firing that employee wouldn’t violate the FMLA would it?
Or, could it? Continue reading
Here’s a nice recap of my #SHRMleg “Becoming an ADA Expert” session
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When can you stop allowing extensions of leave under the ADA?
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That’s all well and good for employers in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. But, what about the rest of us?
For example, if you operate a business in California, you’re in a constant state of pearl-clutching. So, some guidance would be helpful.
Well, sure enough. We get some. Continue reading