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Better Late Than Never? Not in the 5th Circuit: Delayed Action on Accommodation May Be ADA Violation

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Earlier this month, in Strife v. Aldine Independent School District, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an employer’s delayed accommodation of an employee’s disability could amount to a failure to accommodate under...more

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Accommodation may be required even if “essential functions” can be performed without

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Interesting decision this week from a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. A high school math teacher (we’ll call her “Ms. Plantagenet”) had post-traumatic stress disorder. Years earlier, her...more

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Old Comment on Need for Higher Starting Salary Revives Pay Discrimination Lawsuit

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The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act allows plaintiffs to pursue equal pay claims based on prior actions that continue to have a negative effect on their salaries. Last month, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant...more

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Seventh Circuit Invites Supreme Court to Make Sexual Orientation Discrimination Actionable Under Title VII

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Bound by its own precedent, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals again held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not redress sexual orientation discrimination in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, (7th Cir....more

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