Employer Liability Issues, Employee Evaluations, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

EntertainHR: Jokes Aside—What Hacks Teaches Us About Bad Bosses

FordHarrison on 8/20/2025

Viewers’ introduction to Deborah Vance, played by Jean Smart, is of the aging comedian on stage, resplendent in her signature glitter, telling the final joke of her set for what we soon discover is her very long-running Vegas...more

Failure to Provide Honest Feedback to Disabled Worker Can Backfire Against Employer

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 9/27/2024

When reading case law involving litigation over Americans with Disabilities Act claims, one could be convinced that the workplace is a constant battleground between employees seeking excessive accommodations and employers...more

Above-Average Performance Reviews Counter Employer's Grounds for Termination

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/5/2022

“Grade inflation” is a well-known phenomenon in the academic sphere, where grade-point averages creep up over time despite the lack of performance-based reasons for the increase. Grade inflation can also be an issue...more

First Circuit Holds that Having an Employee Involuntarily Committed May Not Violate the ADA

Littler on 5/29/2020

All employers should care about their employees’ mental health – but when does this concern put an employer in territory that may violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? In López-López v. The Robinson School, the...more

The Value of a Good Performance Review

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/11/2020

Getting supervisors and managers to prepare detailed and thorough performance reviews is like getting kids to eat their vegetables. They don’t want to do it, and they’ll look for excuses to avoid it. But just as good parents...more

Treating the Cause, Not the Symptom: How to Avoid 10 Employment-Related Liabilities in the Health Care Industry

Williams Mullen on 5/23/2018

Companies of all shapes and sizes continually grapple with how to foster and maintain a productive, respectful work environment. Part and parcel of this objective is ensuring that the workplace complies with the various...more

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