Before getting started on the blog entry for the week, a couple of housekeeping matters in order. First, you can now, if you so desire, listen to my blog instead of reading it even if you are not using a screen reader. I know many people would rather have what they see read to them
PWFA and Video Conferencing Proposed Rules
Today’s blog entry is a twofer with respect to proposed rules that have come down from two different agencies in the last week. The first is the proposed rule for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The second is the proposed rule from the FCC concerning accessibility of videoconferencing platforms. The blog entry is divided into
Why the Distinction Between Deaf and deaf Matters: EEOC Guidance on Hearing Disabilities in the Workplace and the ADA
Sometimes you have a blog entry all ready to go in your mind. You are even rehearsing the outline of it in your mind. However, something then intervenes and you feel compelled to blog about something else. This is exactly what happened to me for the blog entry of this week. I had been outlining
December 14 Update to EEOC Covid-19 What You Should Know Guidance
Today’s blog entry focuses on the EEOC update pertaining to what you should know about Covid-19 that came down on December 14, 2021. The only section that has been added is §N. One wonders what will happen when they run out of alphabet letters, AA perhaps? As far as the guidance goes, some of it
EEOC’s Latest Guidance on Covid-19
Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day holiday weekend. Today’s blog entry talks about the latest update from the EEOC with respect to Covid-19. All the labor and employment law bloggers are blogging on it, so I decided to blog on it as well and offer my own perspective. As with previous blog entries of
EEOC View on Covid-19 Vaccinations and the Interrelationship to the ADA and GINA
First off, I want to welcome everyone back from the Christmas and New Year weeks. I hope everybody had a safe and happy week and continues to be safe. Today’s blog entry is something that came out in mid-December from the EEOC. I have not blogged on it yet because there were other things that
EEOC Covid-19 Update: September 8, 2020
Last week, the EEOC updated Covid-19 publication. What I have done here is list the EEOC update verbatim with respect to the material that we have not covered before. At the end of each section that is new (don’t worry about the numbers that appear in the hyperlink sections of the EEOC document as that
EEOC and Covid-19: Part IV
I have talked about the EEOC and Covid-19 guidelines that have been coming out from time to time before here, here, and here. On June 11, the EEOC came out with some more questions. Assuredly, my fellow employment law bloggers-such as Robin Shea, Eric Meyer, and Jon Hyman will probably have something
EEOC and Covid-19 Part II
On April 9, 2020, the EEOC updated its March 17, 2020, what you should know about Covid-19 and the ADA, Rehabilitation Act, and other EEO laws document. I thought it would be a good idea to list the additions below and then discuss a bit. I’m only focusing on the additions since I covered the
The ADA and the Coronavirus: The Key Concepts Edition
Coronavirus
Everything is about the coronavirus both in our personal lives and in our professional lives. You can find several excellent blog entries on the coronavirus from people in my blog roll, such as but not limited to Jon Hyman and Eric Meyer. I saw the other day that OSHA has weighed in as well.