This time last year (minus 12 days) the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in EEOC v Ford revived an employee’s ADA claim, holding that telecommuting may be a reasonable accommodation under the ADA (and the ADAAA) and, specifically, that it may have been a reasonable accommodation for the specific employee in that case. You can find […]
FMLA, Fitness-for-Duty Certifications — and You
Meet Diligent Dan (hereinafter “Dan”). Dan had back surgery and has been out on FMLA leave for six weeks, He is due to return to work in another two weeks. Dan works as a Manager at Splendiforous Supermarket (Splendiferous”). Betty the Boss having recently decided to institute a new requirement, calls Dan and informs him […]
Do the ADA and FMLA Provide Protections to LGBT’s in the Workplace?
These last few weeks we have focused on legal protections against sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination in the workplace under Title VII, (click here for review) under Affirmative Action laws and regulations governing federal contractors (click here for review), and under state and local laws (click here to review). What about the ADA/ADAAA? What […]
The Concluding Piece on Wal-Mart’s Employment Law Capers
After 11 weeks of semi-intense focus on the world’s largest private employer, The Emplawyerologist is now wrapping up its series on Wal-Mart. Now, of course, we can still expect to hear more about Wal-Mart and its employment law woes in the news–unless of course, Wal-Mart does what we have been doing over here, by learning […]
Wal-Mart: Or How Not to “Handicap” Relationships with Disabled Workers
In spite of the large number of disability discrimination lawsuits it has faced, Wal-Mart claims to be recognized as a top employer for disabled people. If we want to give Wal-Mart the benefit of the doubt, perhaps Wal-Mart, percentage-wise, as the nation’s largest private employer (click here for last week’s overview) does actually have a […]