The duty of employers to accommodate disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) doesn’t begin with a new worker’s first day on the job. Instead, it also fully applies during the hiring process. What steps should employers take to…
Accommodation
Work-from-home arrangements were always a potential accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and they became generally more prominent when the now-lingering pandemic first hit. But despite their proliferation, some employers are continuing to run into trouble when it…
Requests for accommodation on religious grounds can come up in some unusual ways. Exhibit A: In a recent case, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Buddhist airline pilot who balked at his employer’s…
It’s been a nagging and frustrating question for employers for decades now: When it comes to providing reasonable accommodation for employees with disabilities, exactly how far do I have to go? Savvy employers are well aware of the concept of…
A newly filed lawsuit says CVS Health violated Virginia law when it dismissed a nurse practitioner who declined to prescribe or administer abortion-inducing drugs because of her religious beliefs. The suit says CVS accommodated the nurse practitioner’s religious beliefs for…
It’s been a long and winding road for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) since the law was passed in 1990. From the start, the statute’s text was filled with malleable terms and sometimes equivocal language that was in dire…
A new disability bias suit accuses the Salvation Army of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by terminating a cashier on the basis of his disability. Like a legion of cases before it, the suit says the events triggering the…
A federal appeals court has upheld a decision to reject disability bias claims filed by a sleepwalking worker who mistakenly climbed into a co-worker’s hotel room bed during an out-of-town trip. Jennifer Harkey began working for NextGen Healthcare in 2008…
Employees might have health conditions that meet the definition of “disability” under federal law – but that doesn’t mean a court’s going to buy it if they say "the disability made me do it" when they break the rules. And…
Who was involved: The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and three HR professionals who are hearing impaired. What happened: The HR professionals are members of SHRM. They alleged the organization violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act…
A jury ruled in favor of an employee who said his employer unlawfully neglected to reasonably accommodate his claustrophobia when it put him an an office with no window. Robert Turco was a senior project manager for Zambelli Fireworks, which…
A new lawsuit accuses a Cedar City, Utah, car dealership of violating Title VII by engaging in religious discrimination. The suit says the dealership denied a Muslim employee religious accommodations. It also says the dealership fired the employee because he…
