Accommodations

EEOC Sues FedEx Over “Fully Healed” Return-to-Work Requirement
September 25, 2024
The agency’s lawsuit is based on a policy it claims the Company maintained in 2019 that ramp transport drivers who were not “100 % healed after 90 days of light duty work were put on unpaid leave without any discussion of accommodations.
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Just Because It Worked Before Doesn’t Make It a Reasonable Accommodation Now…
August 19, 2024
Employers like predictability. And it would make sense that, for an employee who previously worked remotely, remote work should be a reasonable accommodation. But a recent case warns employers not to jump to that conclusion so quickly.
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But The Applicant Didn’t Tell Me They Were Disabled…
August 12, 2024
In my first week of work at my current law firm, I discovered I was pregnant. Obviously, the timing wasn’t great. And frankly, I was terrified to tell my new bosses that in about 8 months I would need parental leave.
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Understanding the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
May 30, 2024
Over the past year the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been creating regulations for the implementation of the PWFA.  Those regulations were recently issued and take effect on June 18, 2024.
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Does Your Organization Need a PWFA Policy?
May 21, 2024
Here’s why your Organization doesn’t need a PWFA-specific policy.
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CMS Expert International Guide to Remote Working
May 14, 2024
This guide is indispensable for managers and executives with regional or international HR responsibilities.
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Dell's New Remote Work Policy Sparks Debate - Can Employers Balance Remote Work with Career Progression?
April 29, 2024
Dell has hit headlines recently for its new work from home policy.
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The EEOC Releases Onerous Final Rule Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
April 16, 2024
On April 15, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a Final Rule and Interpretive Guidance to implement the relatively new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
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Pregnant Worker Fairness Act Final Regulations and Guidance: Potentially Turning the PWFA Into the Most Significant Employee Entitlement Since the FMLA
April 16, 2024
On April 15, the EEOC issued its final rule, with no substantial changes, turning this sleepy little statute into the most significantly burdensome expansion, on a per-case basis, of employee entitlement since the FMLA itself.
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Are Reasonable Accommodations Required for an Employee’s Commute?
April 3, 2024
According to some courts, no.
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Reasonable Accommodations for a Lunar Sabbath?
October 13, 2023
What on earth (or not) is a Lunar Sabbath, anyway? I’m sure that’s what was going through the employer’s mind when the employee requested a schedule adjustment so that she could observe her Sabbath.
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This is going to be a bigger deal than I thought: A series of blog posts reflecting on the proposed Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations, Part 1 of 5
August 17, 2023
Join me in my conversion process, by following our blog each weekday from August 17-August 23, where I’ll add a new reflection on some aspect of the proposed PWFA regulations.
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