By Eric B. Meyer So just how did an employer snatch victory from the jaws of defeat after botching a diabetic employee’s request to work a modified … Read more
Accommodating a Disability Doesn’t Require You Displace Someone Else
By Eric B. Meyer The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that companies provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability, if doing … Read more
Is Speaking an Essential Qualification For an HR Pro?
By Eric B. Meyer Whether you work in a department of many, or just one, your job as an HR professional has you juggling many balls. You’re running an … Read more
What Do You Do When an Employee Says They’re Quarantined With Ebola?
By Eric B. Meyer Five minutes ago, after taking the obligatory selfies and between games of Candy Crush, one of your employees texted from an Ebola … Read more
Do Fingers With Frostbite Constitute a Disability Under the ADA?
By Eric B. Meyer Let’s talk about what it means to have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act. In Wilson v. Iron Tiger … Read more
EEOC Warns That a Duty to Accommodate May Extend After Childbirth
By Eric B. Meyer Seems one employer may not have received the memo. Now, the EEOC is taking aim. Over the summer, the EEOC issued new guidance on … 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
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: Is Telecommuting a Reasonable Accommodation?
By Chastity C. Bruno With today’s advances in technology, more employers have discovered the benefits of permitting employees to work from home – aka … Read more
Can You Just Withdraw a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA?
By Eric B. Meyer Let’s say that you have an employee whom the Americans with Disabilities Act would consider disabled and to whom you have afforded a … Read more