A hospital tech got caught sleeping on the overnight shift. Blaming a diabetes medication for it, only after getting caught, didn’t turn her firing into disability discrimination. TL;DR: An imaging technologist was fired for sleeping during her overnight shift and sued for disability discrimination and interference with medical leave. She
Emily ParsonsSince returning to the White House, the Trump administration has sought to limit remote work accommodations for federal employees, including disabled workers, for whom telework is an accommodation.Private employers may want to think twice before following suit, according to Rachel Shaw, author of The Disabled Workforce: What the ADA
Francis ScialabbaThe Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued a pair of opinion letters detailing how the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies to two situations where employees commute during the workday.In one opinion letter, the DOL said the employer of a large, non-exempt workforce wouldn’t be obligated to pay employees
Answering a page takes fifteen seconds. Making the follow-up call can quietly turn your commute into paid time. TL;DR: A companion DOL opinion letter addresses a field service engineer’s pre-shift routine: receiving pages, calling clients to schedule appointments, and driving to the first job site. WHD concluded that receiving pages
