Navigating Employee Leave and Reasonable Accommodation Requests Under the FMLA, ADA, and PWFA
Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 10 – Website Accessibility
Workplace Accommodation after COVID: Legal Update
Litigation Lessons for California Employers
Recent Developments in ADA Website Accessibility Compliance - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Employment Law Now VI-116-Top 10 Employment Issues To Consider For The Summer Kick-Off
DE Under 3: EEOC & DOJ Technical Guidance for Employer’s AI Use; Upcoming EEOC Hearing; Event for Mental Health in the Workplace
DOJ’s Recent Guidance on Website Accessibility and the ADA — What Does It Tell Us? - The Consumer Finance Podcast
#WorkforceWednesday: Mental Health Accommodations and Parity, Board Diversification Law Struck Down, Ban-the-Box Update - Employment Law This Week®
Creating Inclusive Work Environments for People with Disabilities with Lifelong Disability Rights Activist, Judith Heumann: On Record PR
#WorkforceWednesday: Remote Work and Reasonable Accommodations, Important Dates for Federal Contractors, Learn About AI - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: EEOC Enforcement Uptick, New York Limits Private Confidential Settlements, Anti-Harassment Training for Virtual World - Employment Law This Week®
Vaccine Mandate Requirement, First COVID-19 Remote Work Suit, Whistleblower Awards Top $1 Billion - Employment Law This Week®
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - Advertising: ADA Compliance related to Websites and Mobile Applications
Return to Work: Employer-Mandated COVID-19 Vaccination Policies and Accommodating Employee Disabilities and Religious Beliefs
DE Talk | Improving Disability Employment Outcomes
Vaccines in the time of COVID [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 15]
COVID-19: New York Travel Guidance, Related Disability FAQs, Reopening/Operating Procedures, School District Update
Labor & Employment Law: Vermont and Federal Legislative Update
DE Talk: Disability Education & Accessibility: Overcoming the Digital Divide
The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits employers from requiring employee medical examinations absent business necessity. The ADA provides a back pay remedy for violations, but limits these damages to discrimination on...more
Employers beware. In Roque v. Octapharma Plasma Inc., a California jury delivered an award of over $11 million to an individual plaintiff in an employment discrimination case despite the absence of economic damages for wages...more
On March 31, 2022, a Kentucky jury unanimously awarded $450,000 to an employee, who was terminated following two panic attacks the employee suffered at work. The jury concluded the employee’s anxiety disorder was a disability...more
Fabrication, Coating, and Assembly Company Fired Employee Because of His Depression, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA – Ranew’s Management Company, Inc. (“Ranew’s”), a local, state, and national provider of fabrication,...more
A Florida federal court just denied an employer’s effort to dismiss a disability discrimination claim filed by a legally blind applicant who alleges the employer asked improper pre-offer questions on its standard job...more
Over the last couple of months, we have been talking about what qualifies as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act and what to do when an employee with a disability requests an accommodation in the...more
Software Company Fired Employee for Perceived Disability, Federal Agency Charged - RALEIGH, N.C. - SoftPro, LLC, a Delaware software company headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., will pay $80,000 and provide other relief to...more
Nonprofit Fired Employee Who Required Extended Leave, Federal Agency Charged - CHICAGO -- Illinois Action for Children (IAFC), a large Illinois child care and childhood education-related nonprofit, has agreed to pay a...more
In a previous piece, I wrote about a diabetic worker in East Tennessee who won a jury award in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) case against Dollar General. The worker was fired for violating Dollar General’s grazing...more
Employers often have policies that require applicants or employees to disclose the lawful use of prescription drugs that could impair job performance or potentially pose a safety concern. If you’re one of those employers, you...more
Ghosts, ghouls, and ghastly liability; the last is certainly enough to spook any employer. For this Halloween, we take a trip down Elm Street to revisit the most startling nightmares we’ve ever covered....more
The new laws are designed to protect equality for female employees in New York State; Governor also proposes regulations that would extend protections to transgender employees. On October 21, New York Governor Andrew...more
Company Rescinds Offer Due to Applicant's Prior Back Injury, Federal Agency Charges - SEATTLE - Texas-based BNSF Railway Co. violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by withdrawing a job offer to a...more