Opioid addiction continues to be a serious problem in the United States. As with many other prescription medications, opioids present significant challenges to employers, who must address issues relating to both the lawful use of ...
Employees frequently seek to explain away their job-related misdeeds by claiming that they are simply symptoms of their disabilities. While that may be true, it generally does not matter for the reasons that a federal ...
What happens when an employee has (A) an obvious disability, and (B) a set of unrelated medical limitations needing accommodation? Read on to “C” the answer. Edward Youngman worked as a youth counselor at the ...
The Minnesota Supreme Court just overruled 30 years of precedent that almost certainly will lead to more disability discrimination cases filed against Minnesota employers. Minneapolis firefighter Keith Daniel injured his ankle during an on-duty rescue. ...
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (which rules on cases arising in Minnesota) decided a pretty routine disability accommodation case using some eye-opening and thought proving rationales. Gary Brunckhorst was a long-term employee of the ...
While obesity is not generally recognized as a disability under the American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA), a case currently before the federal Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals may help tip the scales in a different ...
The all-important doctor’s note was the focal point when an employee claimed that she should not have been terminated for her 195th absent day. Sheena Lipp worked in a production capacity for Cargill Meat Solutions ...
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals just offered Minnesota health care employers a powerful prescription against employees who refuse to comply with policies requiring immunization against communicable diseases. Janice Hustvet worked as an Independent Living ...
