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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

No Dog Days This Summer: In Howard v. City of Sedalia, the Eighth Circuit Clarifies the Scope of Reasonable Accommodations Again

What accommodations are reasonable under the ADA? Employers are required to provide modifications or adjustments that enable a job applicant to be considered for a position. Beyond the application process, employers must also...more

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Easing Minds: Addressing Mental Health and Accommodation Issues Head-On

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Employers are more commonly facing issues regarding the accommodation of mental health issues in the workplace; issues that impact the company’s legal obligations under employment law while trying to get past the stigma that...more

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Senate Confirms New EEOC General Counsel As New Case Filings Climb

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Senate has confirmed Karla Gilbride as the EEOC’s General Counsel, following an almost two and a half year vacancy. As GC, Gilbride is poised to make her mark on the EEOC’s litigation program by...more

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UK: Non-visible Disabilities at Work: How to Take Action and Make an Impact

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Approximately 23% of the working-age population in the UK reported that they were disabled in January to March 2023 (so almost 1 in 4 working people), and it is estimated 70-80% of disabilities are non-visible. With this...more

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Fifth Circuit:  Absent Special Circumstances, ADA Does Not Require Employers to Reassign Disabled Employees in Violation of...

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The ADA requires employers to make “reasonable accommodations” to its disabled employees including “reassignment to vacant positions.” More than twenty years ago, however, the Supreme Court held that if another employee “is...more

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EuGH-Urteil: Erweiterter Schutz für Schwerbehinderte – oder neue Hürde für die Einstellung?

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Der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) hat mit Urteil vom 10. Februar 2022 (Az. C-485/20) den Kündigungsschutz für Menschen mit Behinderung zusätzlich gestärkt und sich für erweiterten Schutz ausgesprochen, der bereits während...more

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