Today’s blog entry is a case that I have blogged on before twice, here and here. On August 15, 2019, the 11th Circuit came down with its second decision on this case, here. Since I have blogged on it before twice, there isn’t any need to cover the facts except through the
Obesity as a Disability and the Case of a Legislator with a Disability Unable to do His Job
Today’s blog entry is a two-for-one. First off, with respect to being late this week, my daughter started her second year of high school today. So, this week was her last week of summer break, and as you can imagine, things were pretty hectic around here. But, we are now back to the school routine.
Interaction Between FMLA and ADA: A Whole Lot Going on
The best weekend in sports is no doubt the first and second round of the NCAA basketball tournament. I hope your bracket survived. The UMBC VA game was amazing (even my 14-year-old daughter was into it), and there were plenty of other upsets along the way as well. I am in two pools (brother and
Curiosity Killed the Cat: Disability Related/Medical Inquiries and the ADA
The blog entry for this week is a follow-up on the blog entry from last week. Last week, I discussed job relatedness and business necessity. This week we discuss medical related inquiries and disability related inquiries in two different cases. One from the Northern District of Texas and the other from the Fourth Circuit.
ADA and Reasonable Accommodations: The HR (Title I) Version
A few weeks back, I attended a chat seminar put on by the Society for Human Resources Management on reasonable accommodations and the ADA. What happens in that kind of seminar is that people write in their questions online and then knowledge advisors respond. The knowledge advisors are very
Just What Does Qualified/Otherwise Qualified Mean Anyway?
Today‘s blog entry comes from the Sixth Circuit and it reminds us of the following: 1) job descriptions must be kept current; 2) essential functions of the job must reflect the reality of how the job is performed; 3) whether a person is a qualified person with a disability under the ADA depends upon whether
The Double Whammy of Pregnancy and Disability after Young v. UPS: EEOC Steps in
This is an update to the blog entry that I previously posted. I am revising it because upon further review, it is NFL season after all (Go Falcons!; Go Cubs too!), I realized that confusion was created over when the amendments to the ADA went into effect versus when the final regulations of the ADA