On January 24, 2011, a unanimous United States Supreme Court ruled that a man who was fired after his fiancée had filed a sex discrimination case against their mutual employer could sue the employer for illegal retaliation. Eric Thompson and his fiancée (now wife), Miriam Regalado, both worked for North […]
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25
Jan
2011
Word to the Wise
From the always-informative Michael Maslanka’s Work Matters blog: Here is a question plaintiffs’ lawyers like to ask in harassment cases: “Who at the company is responsible for enforcing the company’s anti-harassment policy?” It is really a question about a company’s culture and commitment to policing unlawful behavior. Typical answer: human […]
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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 […]
Read moreIn the first part of this series, we reviewed the ADA’s mandate for reasonable accommodations, and why those accommodations are even more important under the ADA’s 2009 amendments. Many medical disabilities for which an employee may request reasonable accommodation have ergonomic aspects. In this part, we will look at a […]
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18
Nov
2010
Ergonomics and Reasonable Accommodations –Part 1
This series of articles was originally written for the Ergo Edge Newsletter, published by Auburn Engineers, a leading ergonomic consulting firm. As an employment law attorney who focuses on preventive law for employers, I do a lot of legal training for managers through Fair Measures Corp., as well as training for […]
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