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[Webinar] Employment Law in the Post-COVID World: A Refresher and Update - March 26th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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As businesses are implementing return-to-work policies and administrative agencies are adjusting to a post-COVID world, see where employment laws are now and what we expect for the near future. Join Goldberg Segalla partner...more

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

Are Your Company’s Return To Work Policies ADA Compliant? Let’s Review!

On Wednesday, October 4, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that Public Service Company of New Mexico (PSCNM) and PNMR Services Co. agreed to pay $750,000 (among other terms) to settle a case...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

EEOC Classwide Subpoena Based on Individual Allegations Too Broad, Federal Appeals Court Rules

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Denying the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) request to enforce a subpoena that would have expanded the agency’s investigation on a classwide basis, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Bueller? Bueller? EEOC Examining Attendance Policies for ADA Violations

Do you have a “no fault” attendance policy or some other way in which employees get points for absences? If so, be careful. A recent Eleventh Circuit matter, EEOC v. Eberspaecher North America, Inc. suggests that the Equal...more

Venable LLP

What Is Reasonable? Handling Employee Requests for an Extended Leave of Absence

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Assessing extended leave requests can be one of the most difficult and challenging issues employers face. While many employers are sympathetic to an employee's challenging health issues, a desire to help employees must be...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Avoid the Naughty List: Eighth Circuit Insight into Handling Requests for Reasonable Accommodations under the ADA

We can’t pass up the opportunity to encourage you to stay off the naughty list by telling you about this Eighth Circuit case offering guidance on working with your employees who request ADA accommodations. In Joseph Mobley v....more

Poyner Spruill LLP

[Webinar] Mental Health In the Workplace - September 22nd, 12:00 pm EST

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The EEOC and the DOL have released guidance on employer obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family Medical Leave Act when employees have mental health issues that interfere with their ability to...more

Stoel Rives - World of Employment

Ninth Circuit Rules That a Temporary Impairment Can Qualify as a “Disability” Under the ADA

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the federal appellate court with jurisdiction over much of the western United States (including Washington, Oregon, California and Idaho), ruled last week that an employee’s...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

Updated Covid-19 Guidance For New York Employers At The New Year

New legislation and guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) have reset employer obligations regarding COVID-19 and vaccination leaves of absence. COVID-19 Leaves of Absence - On...more

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Sierra Academy of Aeronautics to Settle EEOC Disability and Retaliation Lawsuit

Flight Instruction Companies Fired Employee With Disability for Taking a Medical Leave of Absence, Federal Agency Charged - FRESNO, Calif. –KS Aviation, Inc., doing business as the Sierra Academy of Aeronautics in...more

ArentFox Schiff

Employment Best Practices for Hotel Operators During the Pandemic

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As travel increases despite ongoing pandemic concerns, hotel operators must address how to welcome back the increased workforce needed to care for more guests. While some hotels remained open during quarantine with...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Successful Return-to-Work Strategies post-COVID-19

We know that these COVID-19 isolation orders have to end sooner or later and it’s going to be a transition for everyone. The time is now to start planning for a successful return to work strategy. DRM’s labor and employment...more

Burr & Forman

Employer Preparation for Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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As the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases climbs in the U.S. and across the world employers should prepare for practical and legal issues brought on by the disease. While these efforts are complicated by the fact that, to...more

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M&T Bank Will Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Bank Failed to Accommodate Manager With Pregnancy-Related Disability, Federal Agency Charged - BALTIMORE - Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, doing business as M&T Bank, will pay $100,000 and provide significant...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Employee's Request for Leave Triggered ADA Accommodation Obligations

The EEOC and federal courts have repeatedly said that employees seeking accommodations for disabilities under the ADA do not have to use any “magic words” to trigger the employer’s obligations. A recent decision from the...more

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Wilmington Trust Corporation to Pay $700,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Predecessor Hudson City Savings Bank Denied Disability Accommodations to Employees, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK - Wilmington Trust Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of M&T Bank...more

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Untangling Complex Leave Issues – Part I

In the first episode of this two-part series, John Stretton and Rachel Mandel discuss the complexities surrounding the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the interplay between the...more

Fisher Phillips

How To Ensure ADA Compliance And Stay Off The EEOC’S Most-Wanted List

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Even though the #MeToo movement has rightfully commanded overwhelming attention during the past year or so, supervisors cannot afford to lose sight of their substantial legal duties in complying with the Americans with...more

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Triton Management Services to Pay $110,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Management Services Company Denied Medical Leave to Employee Then Fired Her, Federal Agency Charged - SAN DIEGO, Calif. -Triton Management Services, LLC, headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., agreed to pay $110,000 and...more

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EEOC Sues SoftPro For Disability Discrimination

Company Fired Employee for Perceived Disability, Federal Agency Charges - RALEIGH, N.C. - SoftPro, LLC, a Delaware corporation headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., that provides real estate closing and title insurance software...more

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EEOC Sues Oceanic Time Warner Cable / Spectrum for Disability Discrimination

Communication Company's Inflexible Leave and Attendance Policies Deny Employees Reasonable Accommodations, Federal Agency Charges - HONOLULU, Hawaii - Oceanic Time Warner Cable LLC, doing business as Spectrum, violated...more

Genova Burns LLC

Be Reasonable: Employees May Not be Able to Request a “Few Weeks or a Few Months” of Leave as an Accommodation Under the ADA

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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently determined that a request for indefinite leave is not a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). ...more

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Regional International to Pay $65,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Truck Dealership Fired Employee After Leave Request, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK - Regional International Corporation, a commercial truck and trailer dealership with locations in Western New York, has agreed to pay...more

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Nevada Restaurant Services to Pay $3.5 Million To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Las Vegas Gaming Company Systemically Discriminated Against Employees On the Basis of Disability, Federal Agency Charged - LAS VEGAS - Nevada Restaurant Services, a large Las Vegas-based gaming company that operates slot...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Supreme Court’s Inaction Establishes that Post-FMLA Medical Leave is Not Required Under ADA

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Supreme Court’s decline of a Seventh Circuit appellate decision solidifies that where an employee is medically unable to return to work within a very short time period following a leave of absence,...more

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