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Managing Employee Leave Under the FMLA and ADA
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Compliance Unveiled: 10 Must-Know Tips for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act & Independent Contractor Rules
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Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 13: The Americans with Disabilities Act with Stefania Bondurant
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The Burr Broadcast Aug. 2023: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Supreme Court Miniseries: Religious Accommodation at Work
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued guidance to assist health care providers in addressing their patients’ needs for accommodation under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)....more
Federal workplace officials recently clarified the responsibilities that employers using artificial intelligence have when it comes to applicants and workers with vision impairments, further adjusting existing legal...more
On July 26, 2023, the EEOC issued updated guidance about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and employees and applicants with visual disabilities....more
The ADA requires employers to make “reasonable accommodations” to its disabled employees including “reassignment to vacant positions.” More than twenty years ago, however, the Supreme Court held that if another employee “is...more
Executive Summary: - There is no denying that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the landscape of the workplace. Whether for better or for worse may be subject to debate and personal opinion, but what is a fairly certain...more
The last several years have seen algorithm-driven technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and other algorithmic or automated decision-making systems proliferate throughout nearly every industry, from managing the...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released guidance to help private sector employers avoid disability discrimination when using algorithms to assess employees and applicants. The guidance explains...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) can help streamline business processes making workers more efficient and driving costs down for the consumer. What happens, though, when an employer uses AI in hiring decisions?...more
As the use of artificial intelligence wedges its way into every side of business and culture, government regulation is (perhaps too slowly) moving to build legal boundaries around its use. On May 12, 2022, the Equal...more
Employers are more frequently relying on the use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) tools to automate employment decision-making, such as software that can review resumes and “chatbots” that interview and screen job...more
On May 12, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a “Technical Assistance” (TA) document addressing compliance with ADA requirements and agency policy when using AI and other software to hire and...more
The EEOC recently issued guidance regarding COVID-19 caregiver discrimination. This guidance reiterates previously-issued guidance (Enforcement Guidance: Unlawful Disparate Treatment of Workers with Caregiving...more
On March 14, 2022, the EEOC released new guidance regarding caregiver discrimination and the COVID-19 pandemic, in light of many workplaces returning to in-person work. The new guidance supplements earlier guidance regarding...more
As we predicted would happen in our Insight in July, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just released guidance to clarify under what circumstances COVID-19 may be considered a disability under the ADA and the...more
Depending on each worker’s circumstances, the virus can cause impairments that meet one of the ADA’s three definitions for a “disability,” which cover actual, physical, or mental impairments that substantially limit a major...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
While employers are excited to see many of their employees return to work following prolonged absences due to the pandemic, one unfortunate consequence is that disability discrimination and failure-to-accommodate claims are...more
Many workplace leaders have been wondering, “Can we require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment?” According to a recent Ogletree Deakins benchmarking survey, most employers are not ready to...more
Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission expanded its technical assistance to address COVID-19 vaccinations. Here are some of the highlights. The new guidance reiterates that the federal anti-discrimination...more
On May 28, 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) updated and expanded on its guidance about how federal equal employment opportunity laws (“EEO laws”) may apply to potential employer requirements that...more
On March 4, 2021, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) updated its “DFEH Employment Information on COVID-19” to include answers to some of the frequently asked questions (FAQs) about vaccinations. ...more
Now that COVID-19 vaccinations are rolling out across New York state and beyond, can health care providers require employees to receive the vaccine - especially when this layer of protection may enhance their capability to...more
The U.S. Equal Opportunity has recently issued updated guidance addressing COVID-19 vaccinations in the workplace. Employers should review this guidance as COVID-19 vaccinations continue to roll out across the country. Here...more
Since California first legalized medical marijuana in 1996, approximately thirty-two other states and the District of Columbia have followed its lead and approved marijuana use for medical purposes. Introduction [1] - ...more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC”) has updated its technical assistance document, “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws” to include additional...more