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Sixth Circuit Rules That Accommodation Requests Under the ADA Can Be Inferred Without Explicit Employee Request

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, which lowered the threshold for employees to demonstrate discrimination under Title VII, the Sixth Circuit has expanded the scope of what employers...more

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Everything you wanted to know about Pregnant Workers Fairness Act*

*And are sorry you asked. Last Friday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published its final regulations on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The regulations will take effect on June 18, just under a year since...more

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EEOC Sues Atlantic Properties Management Corporation and Diversified Funding for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

Federal Agency Charges Property Management Companies With Revoking Job Offer From Woman With Breast Cancer - BOSTON – Atlantic Properties Management Corporation and its affiliate, Diversified Funding, Inc., property...more

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EEOC Brings Claim for Teacher Whose Daughter Has a Disability: 5 Answers for Employers About Association-Based Bias

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A recent lawsuit against a private school focuses on a lesser-known aspect of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and serves as a reminder that the law also protects employees and job applicants who have a relationship...more

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The Employment Law Reporter - January 2022

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Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter: •The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision dismissing employment discrimination claims brought by a...more

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COVID-19 as a Disability Under the Americans with Disabilities Act

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Can COVID-19 be Considered a Disability? The EEOC recently published guidance indicating that, in some instances, COVID-19 may be considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Although the...more

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The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from September 2021

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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7th Circuit Focuses On Evidence To Avoid Distraction In Associational Discrimination Case

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 18, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment on a plaintiff’s associational disability discrimination and retaliation claims, finding the plaintiff failed...more

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Employers Must Accommodate Some Workers’ Opioid Use and Treatment

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While the country remains focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. employers cannot ignore the ongoing opioid epidemic or how it may affect their workforces. On August 5, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more

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Heritage Charity Auctions & Awards Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Memorabilia and Auction Company Fired Employee Because of Mental Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - Heritage Charity Auction & Awards, Inc., a manufacturer and seller of display cases for memorabilia and...more

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Massey Services Will Pay $63,000 to Settle EEOC Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit

Pest Control and Landscaping Company Terminated and Refused to Rehire Employee With Disability After Denying Her Request for Leave as Accommodation, Federal Agency Charged - CHARLESTON, S.C. - Pest control and landscaping...more

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Anxiety And The ADA

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Q: An employee in my company has requested intermittent leave as an accommodation for what he claims is a debilitating “anxiety,” but he has no job performance issues and seems fine to me. Are we required to provide a...more

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Vallen Distribution to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Leading Industrial Supplies Provider Fired Employee After He Requested Leave For Prostate Cancer Recovery, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - Vallen Distribution, Inc. (formerly Hagemeyer North America, Inc.), a national...more

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EEOC Sues American Security Insurance Company for Disability Discrimination

Insurance Company Unlawfully Fired Longtime Employee Based on Her Diabetes, Federal Agency Charges - ATLANTA - American Security Insurance Company, a for-profit insurance company and subsidiary of Assurant, Inc., violated...more

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EEOC Sues Powerlink for Disability Discrimination

Maintenance Company Denied Hearing-Impaired Employee a Reasonable Accommodation and Fired Her, Federal Agency Charges - DETROIT - Powerlink Facilities Management Services, a Michigan-based management and maintenance...more

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EEOC Sues Valley Tool for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

Company Punished Employees for Complaining About Mistreatment, Federal Agency Charges - OXFORD, Miss. - A tool company operating in Water Valley, Miss., violated federal civil rights laws when it denied an employee a...more

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Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications to Pay $99,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Telecommunications Company Fired Employee While Out on Leave for Cancer Surgery, Federal Agency Charged - LOS ANGELES - Time Warner Cable, Inc. and Charter Communications, Inc. agreed to pay $99,500 and provide other...more

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Kaydon Corporation to Pay $38,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Ball Bearings Manufacturer Denied Medical Leave to Employee After Heart Surgery, Then Fired Him, Federal Agency Charged - COLUMBIA, S.C. - Kaydon Corporation, a Muskegon, Mich.-based company that manufactures ball bearings...more

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Pilgrim’s Pride to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Retail Poultry Product Provider Fired Employee With a Disability Who Needed Leave for Medical Treatment, Federal Agency Charged - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, a leading provider of retail poultry...more

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Gonna Have To Face It: We’re Addicted to…Everything?! Digital Addictions In The Workplace

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Cell phones. Video games. YouTube. TV. iPads. Kindles. Online Gaming. Netflix. Hulu. Amazon Prime. Stream, click, stream, repeat. As the years go on, so too does the list of things to which people become addicted. Emerging...more

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What’s an “Implied” Request for an ADA Reasonable Accommodation?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A divided panel of the Eighth Circuit recently decided that an employer may be required to assume or infer from the circumstances that an employee is seeking a reasonable accommodation – even when no...more

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The EEOC Issues New Enforcement Guidance On Retaliation

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Seyfarth Synopsis: For the first time since 1998, the EEOC has updated its enforcement guidance on retaliation claims brought under the various anti-discrimination laws the Commission is charged with enforcing. Observing...more

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Employment Law - June 2016 #2

California Considers Extending Fair Pay Act to Race, Ethnicity - Why it matters - Reflecting the nationwide trend of pay equity, a new bill under consideration by California legislators would extend the state's Fair...more

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EEOC Clarifies Employer-Provided Leave as ADA Accommodation

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a new resource document addressing the rights of employees with disabilities who seek leave as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with...more

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Employment Law - September 2015

From the California Legislature: New Employment Laws, Bills Set for Signature: Why it matters - The California Legislature has been busy with employment-related bills, passing measures to provide additional...more

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