A federal court has ruled that an employer failed to accommodate an employee after she submitted a doctor’s note imposing significant restrictions and stating that it was unlikely she would ever be able to perform ...
The Minnesota Court of Appeals recently ruled that the Minnesota Human Rights Act (“MHRA”) does not require an employer to engage in the interactive process – unlike the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) – to ...
Recently, Delta Air Lines made headlines when it announced that it was tightening its rules for transporting service and support animals in an effort to reduce misbehavior by dogs and other creatures that air carriers ...
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has just issued a ruling on a disability accommodation case that could be the turning point in how employers accommodate workers requiring long term disability leaves. Raymond Severson worked several ...
One of the more hotly debated workplace issues is whether a disabled employee who can no longer perform their job even with accommodations is entitled to be placed into an existing vacancy, even ahead of ...
It is often the case that an employee who takes a FMLA leave for a “serious health condition” may also have a “disability” that requires accommodation upon his or her return to work. A recent ...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has issued a new Resource Document (“Resource”) to reinforce employers’ obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) to provide leave as a reasonable accommodation to employees with disabilities. ...
A federal court recently ruled against a disabled United Airlines employee who demanded transfer to another job as an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It is well known that the ADA requires employers ...
