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Eleventh Circuit Upholds Ruling for Employer on ADA Claims Where Employee Submitted Noncompliant Return-to-Work Letter

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On February 7, 2024, in Jones v. Georgia Ports Authority, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment for an employer where a former employee who requested an...more

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EEOC Sues the Princess Martha, Llc and TJM Properties, Inc. for Disability Discrimination

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Senior Living Residence Revoked Applicant’s Job Offer After Her Legally-Prescribed Medications Prevented Her From Passing a Required Drug Test - St. Petersburg, Fla. – The Princess Martha, an upscale senior living...more

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Accommodation vs Personal Benefit: Federal Court Weighs In

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In Hopman v. Union Pacific Railroad, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas considered whether working without mental or psychological pain constituted a “benefit or privilege of employment” warranting a...more

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Too Little, Too Late: The First Circuit Finds For Employers in an Accommodation Request Made After The Termination Decision

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The First Circuit recently sided with an employer in a disability discrimination suit in Trahan v. Wayfair Maine, Inc., Civil Action 19-1961....more

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Ontario, Canada: Sexually Harassed Employee Wins the Battle but Loses the War When she is Awarded Damages But is Ordered to Pay...

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A recent decision of the Court of Appeal of Ontario, Colistro v. Tbaytel, 2019 ONCA 197, puts employers in Ontario on notice that if they re-hire an employee who has a history of victimizing a current employee by sexual...more

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Plaintiff With PTSD Not Disabled Under The ADA, Sixth Circuit Rules

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The Sixth Circuit’s ruling in Tinsley v. Caterpillar Fin. Servs., Corp., No. 18-5303 (6th Cir. Mar. 20, 2019) is a good reminder that not all impairments rise to the level of a “disability” within the meaning of the Americans...more

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Ability to Work Rotating Shifts Considered Essential Job Function

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When a current employee develops a disabling medical condition, employers are frequently faced with Americans with Disabilities Act accommodation requests that would fundamentally alter the way that the job has been...more

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Extended Consideration of Accommodation Request OK in Unusual Circumstances

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Employers understand their obligation to engage in an interactive process to address accommodation requests made by disabled employees. How long does the employer have to reach a conclusion with regard to the accommodation...more

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Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

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Commercial Real Estate Firm Rescinded Job Offer After Applicant Disclosed Her PTSD and Requested an Accommodation, Federal Agency Charges - ATLANTA - The Atlanta office of a commercial real estate and investment...more

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With Charges of Discrimination Based on Mental Health Conditions on the Rise, EEOC Releases New Guidance on Employees’ ADA Rights

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On December 12, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued a new resource document emphasizing that, under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), job applicants and employees with mental...more

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When Tragedy Strikes: How Employers Can Assist Employees Affected by Mass Shootings and Disasters

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In the early morning hours of June 12, 2016, 49 innocent people lost their lives in a mass shooting in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. This mass shooting, the deadliest in U.S. history, has left the City of Orlando...more

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EEOC Sues EZEFLOW USA for Disability Discrimination

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Pipe Fittings Manufacturer Fired a Veteran With PTSD Instead of Giving Him Brief Unpaid Medical Leave as a Reasonable Accommodation, Federal Agency Says - PITTSBURGH - EZEFLOW USA, a pipe fittings manufacturer,...more

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