I’m a bit late to the party with this one. But, for those who haven’t read about it elsewhere. Voila! The plaintiff originally taught at the high school, during which she informed her employer about her pedophobia, a debilitating fear of young children. Some time later, the plaintiff was transferred to…
Yesterday, with my good buddies Casey Sipe and Jessica Miller-Merrell from Blogging4Jobs.com, I presented a webinar on the interplay between the Family and Medical Leave Act, state workers’ compensation laws, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The key word in the last sentence being “interplay.” (By the way, if you want to…
Yesterday, I read about a woman who alleged that her former employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it fired her from her “armed security guard” position because of a medical condition. This notwithstanding that, in her complaint, the plaintiff admitted to being presented with pictures taken of her which appeared to show…
After the jump, what employers can learn from a possibly botched drug test and the failure to hire a Rastafarian (Or an excuse for me to make gratuitous True Romance references). * * * Many employers drug test job applicants. Floyd (played by a young Brad Pitt), once motivated…
I tell you, folks. When a school janitor, the plaintiff in this case, claimed that the school principal uttered the words in the lede above, I felt a stirring within. Literally, the second those words (allegedly) formed on the principal’s lips, my Spidey Bloggy-senses told me that I’d be able to…
Whether you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act — so, like, all of us — or not, work can suck. Bosses can be jerks. But, if an employee with a disability requests a transfer away from a jerk boss, must the company provide it? Find out after…
So just how did the employer snatch victory from the jaws of defeat after botching a diabetic employee’s request to work a modified schedule? Find out after jump… * * * An employee needs an accommodation to save her life. Back in 2011, the EEOC announced (here) that it had…
If you entered a time machine a few months ago and came out today to read this post, you missed a lot. The Kansas City Royals made the World Series. Grammy Award winning rapper Eve wed entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper at Cala Jondal Beach in Ibiza, Spain. And a big-time Ebola…
Just seems like common sense to me, especially where the employee seeking the accommodation would have to operate a motor vehicle. Wait a minute! Did an employee with a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act really think it would be reasonable for his employer to allow him to take…
[Because “The one about the guy who got fired and then requested a reasonable accommodation” isn’t clickbait enough]. More on the timing of ADA accommodation requests after the jump… * * * Most job descriptions that I’ve read for human resources positions include a laundry list of skills and qualifications.…