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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Don’t Get Dog Tired: How to Respond to Employee Requests to Bring Service or Emotional Support Animals to Work as an Accommodation

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A Maryland employer recently found itself in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) doghouse when it allegedly summarily rejected an employee’s accommodation request to have his service animal come to work with...more

Maynard Nexsen

Emotional Support Animals as Workplace Accommodations

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As private employers push for remote workers to return to the office, they have faced an increasingly common dilemma—are emotional support animals permitted in the workplace as a reasonable accommodation for a disability?...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Service and Support Animals: What Businesses Can and Cannot Do

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We have all seen it. The unruly lap dog brought into a restaurant, yipping away, or the big dog running through a store dragging along its owner who, of course, claims it is a “service animal,” even though it clearly is not....more

FordHarrison

DIVERSITY IN THE WORKS: Public Accommodation of Service Animals and Emotional Support Animals

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Executive Summary: Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits disability discrimination in places of public accommodation, which includes businesses (including transit) that are open to the public – like...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Service Animals in the Workplace

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Service animals fulfill a vital function for their handlers. They allow people who have disabilities that substantially limit one or more major life areas to function independently....more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

In-House Counsel Seminar Insights: Group Exercise Highlights Tricky Employment Law Issues

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Hammertime Security is a nationwide cybersecurity firm whose in-house counsel faces a slew of tricky legal problems: - Managers posting unprofessional content on social media - Employees publicly complaining about...more

Jaburg Wilk

A Peacock Walks into the Office

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Emotional support animals seem to be everywhere. We see them on planes, in restaurants, and other businesses. Places that were once off-limits to animals have “gone to the dogs.” What do you do, however, when your employee...more

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