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The Employer Handbook BlogLet’s update you on the status of paid sick leave for Coronavirus/COVID-19…
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🚨Another federal agency has issued Coronavirus guidance to help your workplace🚨
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Last week, we covered (here) what the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission wants employers to know about COVID-19 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
This week, we have new guidance from OSHA and the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. Continue reading
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😮📢Feds introduce legislation mandating paid sick leave for Coronavirus
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And you know what else isn’t an ADA disability? Morbid obesity, says another federal court.
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Yesterday, I wrote about a recent Second Circuit opinion in which the appellate court held that an employee with migraine headaches who requested a transfer to another supervisor didn’t have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. That’s because his physical impairment didn’t substantially limit him from working. Continue reading
Stress headaches caused by a particular supervisor aren’t enough to establish a disability because…
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The Americans with Disabilities Act protects applicants and employees from disability discrimination. When the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act took effect in 2009, Congress lowered the bar for what constitutes a disability. Indeed, it’s gotten so low, that my usual advice to clients is not to sweat whether someone has a disability. Continue reading
The EEOC has just weighed in on what employers should know about the Coronavirus and the ADA
I’ve seen enough “What employers should know about the Coronavirus” blog posts to know that I’m sick and tired of reading them.
But then the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission posted a Coronavirus update yesterday. And since I like clickbait as much as the next blogger, I’m going to summarize the EEOC’s Guidance for you today. Continue reading
Do you know FMLA better than a federal judge? Take this three-question quiz and find out.
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We’re going to start with a brief fact pattern, and then I’ll pose the questions.
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A college recruiter was fired for allegedly lining up high school students by complexion and nappiest hair.
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Do you ever wonder what the heck is wrong with people sometimes? Of course, you do; you’re in human resources. Continue reading
When can you ask an employee with a disability for more medical information?
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Every once in a while, a different client calls me with the same Americans with Disabilities Act question, “Eric, our employee tells us that she has a disability and needs and accommodation. Can we ask for medical documentation to help us evaluate whether an accommodation request is reasonable?”
Yep. Continue reading