Here’s a reminder that the duty to accommodate an employee under the Americans with Disabilities Act neither requires providing the employee’s preferred accommodation nor an accommodation that is 100% successful.
Instead, it’s about doing what’s reasonable based on the information available at the time.
I’ll explain. Continue reading
Here’s some big news for workplaces.
(Looks like I’ll be a busy dude this week updating employer COVID-19 workplace policies and procedures.)
Perhaps it was the Philadelphia Eagles 34-10 thrashing of the New York Giants yesterday, or maybe it’s just my love for employment law blogging — nah, probably the former — that has energized me to add a post today during the final week of 2021. Continue reading
When the Sixth Circuit breathed new life into OSHA’s vaccine-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), the January 4, 2022 compliance deadline became real again. Continue reading
The ink is barely dry from Friday’s Sixth Circuit 2-1 decision to lift the stay of OSHA’s vaccine-or-test COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). And petitions to block the mandate are flying into the Supreme Court. Continue reading
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
Ferris Bueller was on to something there. Continue reading
ICYMI, on Friday evening, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved the stay of OSHA’s vax-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). You can read a copy of the full opinion here. Continue reading
On Wednesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals — the same federal appellate court that stayed OSHA’s vaccine-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard — breathed new life into another federal vaccine mandate. I’m talking about the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services healthcare COVID-19 vaccine mandate (the “CMS Rule”). Continue reading
As the business community patiently awaits a ruling from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on whether the Fifth Circuit correctly stayed the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard, we did get a significant Sixth Circuit ruling yesterday. Continue reading
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