I have previously written about eligibility for time off under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). I have also talked about the Americans with Disabilities Act (too many times to mention here). Many of you may have dealt with each law separately. A number of you may, to your surprise, have found yourselves dealing with both […]
Wal-Mart and Workers’ Compensation: Adding Insult to Injury?
Rare is the employee who wants to get injured on the job, or the employer who wants to deal with the fallout of such injuries–especially workers’ compensation coverage and claims. Of course employers have to provide workers’ compensation coverage. As part of the The Emplawyerologist’s mini-series on Wal-Mart’s employment law capers, this week we are […]
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 […]
Co-Employment, the ADA and You…
Remember last week when The Emplawyerologist talked about co-employment liability under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? (Click here if you missed that one.) Let’s return to Sensational Staffing and Tricia the “temp.” Suppose Tricia is or claims to be disabled (for now the specific disability does not matter). What happens if Sensational […]