A federal appeals court has ruled that the fact that an employee has been accommodated for an extended period does not mean that the accommodation is reasonable and must be continued. Throughout Darrell Hartwell’s 16 ...
When the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) says that accommodation includes transfer to an existing vacancy, does the term “vacancy” apply when a job is open because the employee is on FMLA and unlikely to ...
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reminded us of the need to listen carefully to employees discussing their medical issues because they may be seeking accommodation without actually using that word. Rochelle Garrison was ...
Employers sometime encounter problems not for what they do but how they do it. Making ill-advised statements along the way really doesn’t help. John Kelleher worked as a CCTV Truck Operator For Fred A. Cook, ...
While the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against people perceived as disabled, a Federal Appeals Court just ruled that the law does not protect a healthy person whom the employer believes might become ...
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes Minnesota) has just reminded us that under the right circumstances, the ability to work overtime can be an essential job function that need not be accommodated. Tasha ...
A Federal Court in Minnesota recently found that a UPS employee failed to deliver the goods on his disability discrimination claim after being fired for buying liquor with the company credit card. As Regional Sales ...
A maintenance director at a recreational ice rink claimed that the reasons given for his termination from employment were a pretext for disability discrimination. A federal Appeals Court told him to chill out. James Graham, ...
