By Eric B. Meyer The Family and Medical Leave Act allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of leave in a 12-month period for, among other reasons, … Read more
What Employers Need to Know About Dealing With the Zika Virus
By Thomas Benjamin Huggett The Zika virus is receiving significant press coverage, including reports that it may cause birth defects if pregnant women are … Read more
What Caused Employee to Claim Disability Discrimination on Her 2nd Day of Work?
By Eric B. Meyer When was the last time that you trained your managers and supervisors on how to address disability accommodation requests? Or, how about … Read more
Don’t Give Up If Your Candidate Fails a Drug Test
Having a problem collecting? Wondering about your non-compete agreements? Should you check references and do background checks? Jeffrey Allen can help. … Read more
Must Employers Accommodate Employee Medical Marijuana Use?
By Eric B. Meyer I’ve blogged before about how grilling a medical marijuana user about her disability, just before firing the employee, could give rise to … Read more
Is Job-Related Anxiety Actually an ADA Disability?
By Eric B. Meyer I train a heckuva lot of managers and HR professionals on leave issues relating to the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and … Read more
How Do You Deal With a Quadriplegic Welder’s ADA Discrimination Claim?
By Eric B. Meyer Yeah, I thought you’d click on this one. From the blog that brought you the Americans with Disabilities Act claims of the bridge worker … Read more
Does Firing an Alcoholic Employee Violate the Law?
By Eric B. Meyer Back in October, the University of Southern California fired Steve Sarkisian, its head football coach. USC fired Sarkisian after various … Read more
Yes, a Florida Court Just Ruled That HIV is NOT an ADA Disability
By Eric B. Meyer Yesterday, the EEOC issued two new publications on the rights of HIV-positive individuals in the workplace. As EEOC Chair Jenny Yang … Read more
How 1 Organization Has Hired and Retained People With Disabilities
People with disabilities are unemployed at rates about double the rest of the population, but a number of employers are trying to change their recruitment … Read more