Real World Impact: The Connecticut Appellate Court has ruled that, as a matter of law, full-time remote work is not a reasonable accommodation if it eliminates an essential function of an employee’s job that must be performed...more
8/18/2025
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Appellate Courts ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Essential Functions ,
Failure to Accommodate ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Remote Working ,
State Labor Laws
On June 20, 2025, in Stanley v. City of Sanford, the United States Supreme Court concluded that a retiree who could no longer work because of a disability is not a “qualified individual” entitled to protection under Title I...more
6/24/2025
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employees ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Judicial Authority ,
Qualified Person ,
Retirement ,
Retirement Plan ,
SCOTUS ,
Stanley v City of Sanford Florida ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Supreme Court Justices ,
Title I
Executive Summary: In a groundbreaking opinion authored by Chief Justice Roberts in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., the United States Supreme Court held that damages for emotional distress are not recoverable in a...more
5/19/2022
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Cummings v Premier Rehab Keller PLLC ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Emotional Distress Damages ,
Federal Funding ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
SCOTUS ,
Spending Clause ,
Title IX ,
Title VI
Since Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 and state legislatures enacted their own protections requiring employers to accommodate disabled workers, courts have grappled with the reasonableness of...more
4/26/2019
/ Absenteeism ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Appeals ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Essential Functions ,
Failure to Accommodate ,
Liability ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
School Boards
On May 18, 2017, in the first decision of its kind, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that transgender people are not categorically barred from protection by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) if they suffer...more
5/30/2017
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Corporate Counsel ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Gender Identity ,
LGBTQ ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Transgender ,
Uniforms