Image Credit: Pexels.com Sometimes, the blogging gods lob me a softball. And when that happens, I know what to do. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires an employer to accommodate an individual with a disability where, absent undue hardship to the employer, doing so will enable that person to perform the essential…
When this happened, you knew that I had to do some celebrating. Twice. So, the fam and braved the long lines (during which my young children got quite a vocabulary lesson) and headed into Philadelphia on Thursday for the Philadelphia Eagles parade. Just us and a few million strangers. But, football season is over. I’ve…
Image Credit: Pexels.com Sorry, Eagles fans. It doesn’t cover taking the fam to today’s parade. (I’ll post some pics tomorrow). Paid Family Leave = Early Social Security? Seung Min Kim has a story in Politico (here) about how Marco Rubio (FL-R) “is in the early stages of crafting a paid…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Happy belated 25th Birthday, Family and Medical Leave Act. A couple of my blogging buddies, Jeff Nowak and Jon Hyman, formally recognized the occasion on Monday. Here is Jon’s post. Here is Jeff’s post. Although I’m late to the party, I did bake a cake. And I…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Still recovering from a late night of Super Bowl watching, I was looking forward to mailing it in today with a blog post that isn’t exactly going to break any word-count records. So today, I tip my hat to my friends at Wolters Kluwer Employment Law Daily who…
Image Credit: @JakeMONTGOMERY on Twitter Oh, you were expecting employment law today? Ok, here’s a tip. New England fans are not a protected class. It’s ok to make fun. Cowboys fans too. Then, go high-five some of your other employees. The underdog prevailed. The Eagles won the Super Bowl!
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Over the Summer, I blogged here about the Seventh Circuit’s decision in Severson v. Heartland Woodcraft, Inc. (opinion here). In Severson, the Court concluded that “a multimonth leave of absence is beyond the scope of a reasonable accommodation under the ADA….Simply put, an extended leave of absence does not give a disabled…
Image Credit: Pexels.com You know what? Strike that. Milk was a bad choice. When a car dealership allegedly rehired the guy who supposedly drugged and assaulted a female co-worker — now the plaintiff in this action — it bought itself a viable hostile work environment claim. They did what now? According…
Image Credit: Pexels.com Bet you weren’t expecting that, were you? No, peacocks can’t fly…commercial. Several news outlets are reporting that a major US airline refused to allow an emotional-support animal to board a plane at Newark Airport this weekend with its human companion. Daniella Silva’s quip from her report on…
Image Credit: By Ragesoss (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsHR compliance has evolved from FMLA facebook posts to 16 shades of Instagram hair. But first, The Simpsons. There’s an episode of The Simpsons from its third season called “Homer at the Bat.” One of the series’ greatest…