As everyone knows, Naomi Osaka made news last week in a big way. One of the things that I saw is that labor and employment bloggers were using it as an analogy for how they would deal with something like this under title I of the ADA, such as here184192212213215215. Sports commentators, such as
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Rotating Shifts and Disability Sensitivity
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It has been a busy week, and so I am a bit late with getting a blog entry up. Also, I am off to North Carolina later today where I will be speaking at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government on hot issues in title I and title II of…
Mandatory Reassignment yet Again, Rule 59(E), EEOC Legal Malpractice?, And Other Matters
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I know I said that last week’s blog entry would be my last substantive blog entry of the year, but events can always happen to change my mind. Recently, the 11th Circuit came down with a published decision on December 7, 2016, in EEOC v. St. Joseph’s Hospital, Inc. , which has several issues…
Reassignment of employees… Eventually headed to the US Supreme Court
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Posted in Federal Cases, Title I
Yesterday, in EEOC v. United Airlines, Incorporated, (docket number 11-1774, March 7, 2012 (Seventh Circuit)), the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit came down with a decision saying that United Air Lines was under no obligation to guarantee a reassignment to a vacant position for an employee that could no longer…
Disability related inquiries, conditional job offers, medical exams, and drug testing
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Posted in Federal Cases, Title I
It is really important to know that the Americans with disabilities act deals with disability related inquiries, medical exams and drug testing in very distinct ways. Basically the way it works, is that disability related inquiries and medical exams prior to a conditional job offer are prohibited, though you can address essential functions of the…