Traditionally, an adverse employment action—getting disciplined or fired, being denied a raise or promotion, for example—has been a necessary part of a discrimination case. But in the area of disability discrimination, state and federal courts around the country have differed about whether an employee who has been denied a disability […]
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05
Sep
2021
Failure to Accommodate Disability = Liability
25
Jan
2018
Accommodation App Now Available!
The Job Accommodation Network (www.askjan.org) has released a Mobile Accommodation Solution. The free app, now available in the iOS version in the App Store, helps employers and others manage workplace accommodation requests throughout the employment lifecycle. Using the app, employers can track the status of requests, access fillable forms, and […]
Read moreI am pleased to announce that I will be teaching the “Certificate Program In FMLA & ADA Compliance” training seminar, which will be held in New York City 4/20- 4/22/2015. This comprehensive, three-day program includes 15 information-packed sessions that provide complete A-to-Z coverage of all aspects of FMLA and ADA compliance […]
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06
Sep
2014
ADA Accommodations and Ergonomics–Part 4
Ergonomics and Reasonable Accommodations Under the Americans With Disabilities Act Part Four of a Four Part Series Ann F. Kiernan, Esq. In this final part of this series, we continue our look at some recent court decisions involving ergonomics and reasonable accommodations. Last time, we saw that organizations that acted […]
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14
Dec
2010
ADA and Ergonomics–Part 3 of 4
In the first two parts of this series, we looked at the ADA’s mandate for reasonable accommodations, and reviewed a reasonable accommodation case study where ergonomics played a leading role. In the next two parts, we will look at some recent court decisions involving ergonomics and reasonable accommodations. According to […]
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