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Pregnancy and lactation accommodation. Continue Reading ›

National origin, race, age, pregnancy -- and coronavirus. Continue Reading ›

The EEOC has a new General Counsel. Continue Reading ›

The position has been vacant since late 2016. Continue Reading ›

And dads get to play, too. Continue Reading ›

Pow! Pow! Pow! Continue Reading ›

It's the attorney who won the ground-breaking "pregnancy accommodation" case. Continue Reading ›

How much do you know about an employer’s reasonable accommodation obligations under the law(s)? Take this quiz and find out!

Question 1: Which of the following federal employment laws require reasonable 

accommodation, either by their terms or as courts have interpreted them over the years?

A. The Americans with Disabilities Act

B. The Family and Medical Leave Act

C. Title VII-religion

D. The Nursing Mothers Act

E. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act

F. All of the above

G. A, C, D, and E

ANSWER: G. The FMLA does not require reasonable accommodation, but all of these other laws do. And there is some overlap between the FMLA and pregnancy or disability accommodation because leave for pregnancy or disability can be a form of reasonable accommodation. Continue Reading ›

Last month, I had the pleasure of speaking to the Federal Bar Association about hot topics under the Americans with Disabilities Act with my blogging buddy Bill Goren, proprietor of the Understanding the ADA blog. If you haven’t visited Bill’s blog, you should — he covers all aspects of the ADA, including Titles II and III, as well as the employment provisions (Title I).

Here are four ADA (or ADA-related) areas that employers need to watch in the coming year: Continue Reading ›