Does ADA mean employee can sleep on the job?
Companies often must go to great lengths to accommodate employees with disabilities. But does that obligation go as far as letting someone nap at work? In one recent case, an employee was fired after...
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Good news: Disability rules aren’t retroactive
Here’s a reassuring message: New looser disability definitions don’t apply to cases brought before January 1 of his year. Congress this year passed the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) in response to...
View ArticleCourt ruling ups the ante on your responsibilities under ADA
The concept’s been pretty well accepted over the years: When employees want an accommodation for a disability, it’s up to them to make the request. A recent federal court decision sets that concept on...
View ArticleBeware this ADA trap in your hiring process
Supervisors beware: Here’s new evidence of how easy it is to run afoul of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) during the hiring process. The case involves a temp worker for an Alabama electronics...
View ArticleCourt: Employee’s commuting problem covered under ADA
A new federal case is stretching the limits of how far employers have to go to accommodate a disabled worker. You know of course that, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employers are...
View ArticleCourt: Firm’s medical questionnaire went too far
Employers must walk a fine line in determining if disabled staffers can or can’t do a job. One court said this company crossed that line. How? It violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when...
View ArticleCourt clears you to go this far to cut healthcare courts
You’ve just been handed new incentive to embrace one of the more controversial healthcare cost-cutting strategies: financially penalizing employees who are unwilling to get on board with company...
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Alert: Job descriptions in the legal spotlight
You could have a problem if your job descriptions have been sitting around a while in a file drawer. You could have an even bigger problem if you don’t have job descriptions. Let’s start with the...
View ArticleCourt: Employers must ‘accommodate’ some commutes to work
In a landmark ruling, a federal appeals court has decreed that, depending on the circumstances, employers may have to provide an accommodation — such as working at home — for an employee who has a...
View ArticleDiploma requirement illegal? EEOC clarifies policy
Back in November, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a letter suggesting that an employer that requires a high school diploma could be in violation of the Americans with Disabilities...
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Alert HR: 3 changes to medical-leave act
The US Labor Department just issued clarification on three key issues involving the Family and Medical Leave Act. The guidance from DOL comes in the form of an Administrator Interpretation Letter,...
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