This simple job description tweak could save your company from disability bias claims It may be as easy as listing the essential functions of the job. I’ll give you an example. A...
Force your employees to sign THIS, and the EEOC may nail you for ADA interference Something caught my eye yesterday as I was perusing the EEOC newsroom. The federal watchdog recently announced that it...
100,000 reasons to accommodate an employee after she experiences a stillbirth (and not fire her four days later) About two weeks ago, I spotlighted an EEOC lawsuit where the agency claimed an employer fired a woman four...
I’m pretty sure I found Exhibit “A” in a new EEOC pregnancy bias lawsuit. It will blow your mind 🤯 Yesterday, the EEOC announced that it had sued an employer for allegedly denying a new hire request to leave training...
If your pregnant employee experiences a stillbirth or miscarriage, whatever you do, don’t do this Today’s lesson is about the interplay between the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires employers to accommodate known disabilities...
A 100%-healed policy may 100% violate the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act Last week, we discussed an FMLA policy that your business needs to rip from its employee handbook and burn...
Why would an employee sue his employer for offering him 100% telework as a disability accommodation? Folks, I’ve lost track of the number of disability accommodation requests on which I’ve counseled human resources concerning employee...
Rip this FMLA policy out of your employee handbook. And burn it with fire. Employers that maintain a policy of treating any employee unable to return to work following the expiration of FMLA...
An employer’s offer of remote work from the office may be an ADA reasonable accommodation alternative to work from home Let me set the scene for you. A teacher who had just taken leave under the Family Medical Leave...
Did you know that even temporary impairments like a back injury can qualify as disabilities? Back in the day, it could be difficult for a plaintiff claiming disability discrimination even to prove that they...