Category: Human Resources

Sometimes it is not the big-ticket accommodations that land an employer in court. It is the small ones, like a few stretch breaks, that can become costly mistakes. TL;DR: A federal judge in Illinois refused to dismiss an ADA lawsuit after an employee alleged that her employer denied requests for

Religious-accommodation requests are getting harder for employers to navigate, especially when they collide with policies meant to support transgender employees. The Seventh Circuit just reminded us that employers cannot lean on complaints or speculation alone. A jury will decide whether denying an accommodation is justified by a true “undue hardship.”