people transfer by Musmellow from the Noun Project The Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental impairments of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability. Technically, both courts and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission consider reassignment to a vacant position…
Image Credit: Google Street View Today’s edition of “DON’T DO THIS” comes from an unlikely source: The Howard Stern Show. Yesterday afternoon, while catching the replay of The Howard Stern Show in the pick-up line at my kids’ school (#responsibleparenting), I heard them discussing a private school in Florida that…
Image Credit: Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/en/marijuana-scales-legalization-drugs-2754249/) It’s been a minute since I’ve gotten to blog about the Americans with Disabilities Act and accommodating an individual with a disability and a marijuana card who uses doctor-prescribed marijuana off the clock. Better dust off the cannabis scales of justice for this one. The ADA…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Since the EEOC last updated its “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws” resource document on December 16, 2020, it published proposed wellness rules only to walk them back less than a week later. So, several business groups…
Image by Mudassar Iqbal from Pixabay And it’s not at all what you think. Title III of the ADA When most of you consider the Americans with Disabilities Act, you probably think of employees with disabilities and reasonable accommodations. That’s Title I of the ADA. But, Title III of the…
Image by eiden_kris from Pixabay One of your employees has a disability that prevents her from getting to work consistently. The problem is that regular attendance is an essential function of the job. So, remote work isn’t an option. Do you need to provide her transportation as a reasonable accommodation…
Image by Martine Auvray from Pixabay Come on, Eric! Yesterday, you blogged about Philly, and now this. What’s with all the Pennsylvania posts this week? Ok, folks. I promise(ish). We’re (likely) done. In the remaining three posts, I’ll (probably) incorporate other states. Like tomorrow, I want to blog about how…
Image by torstensimon from Pixabay Several states are taking steps to forbid employers from requiring that workers receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Separately, I know of at least two pending lawsuits that employees have filed. I already blogged about one of them here. The other is pending in a federal court in…
Image by Martine Auvray from Pixabay An employee’s perception of the workplace is critical to gaining an accurate picture of what the actual workplace is like. Do you agree? If you answered yes, maybe one day you can serve on the Sixth Circuit Court Appeals, out of which a district…
Image Credit: Marco Verch Professional Photographer (Syringe and vaccination record card on blue background)//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js The Miami Heat made news twice yesterday. First, the rumor mill has the franchise closely tied to a deal for Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry. Of course, my beloved Philadelphia 76ers are also in the…