By Eric B. Meyer Congratulations! Your fitness-for-duty employee medical examinations are job-related or consistent with business necessity. So, they pass … Read more
Court: ADA Requires Accommodating Employees With Angry Outbursts
By Eric B. Meyer The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that employers provide reasonable accommodation to employees with disabilities when doing so … Read more
For the First Time, EEOC Directly Challenges a Workplace Wellness Program
By Russell D. Chapman The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed its first lawsuit directly challenging the operation of a wellness … Read more
What Employers Should Know About the Americans With Disabilities Act
By Sandra S. Moran The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s efforts to enforce the 2008 American with Disabilities Amendments Act have certainly … Read more
Why You Need an Essential List of Job Functions When Approving FMLA
By Eric B. Meyer Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, an eligible employee has the right to take up to 12 work weeks of covered leave for, among other … Read more
Can You Fire Someone Who Discloses a Disability at a Termination Meeting?
By Eric B. Meyer File this under: Duh! Let’s assume that you have an employee who commits a terminable offense. For example, in Martins v. Rhode … Read more
What Happens When an Employer Says Cancer Is Not an ADA Disability?
By Eric B. Meyer What happens when an employer-defendant argues that cancer — CANCER! — is not an ADA disability? How do you think that worked … Read more
When You Gotta Go, You Gotta Go – But It May Not Be an ADA Disability
By Eric B. Meyer When you gotta go, you gotta go. In Sanders v. Judson Center, the plaintiff worked for a non-profit human service agency providing … Read more
HR Basics: Here’s the Absolute Wrong Way to Deliver FMLA Notices
By Eric B. Meyer Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. But, if you … Read more
Yes, It’s Wrong to Disclose Employee Medical Info on Facebook
By Eric B. Meyer Yes, disclosing an employee’s medical info on Facebook is stupid, plus, it may violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, too. In … Read more