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Executive with Disabilities Shares Her Story
Kara Yarnot, vice president of strategic consulting services at recruitment agency HireClix in Gloucester, Mass., has lived with three...
Who gets the job? The most-qualified candidate or an a disabled employee requesting reassignment?
Can an employer have a categorical policy of hiring the most qualified candidate when a qualified disabled employee requests...
Oh, no! Tell me a supervisor didn’t write THAT on an employee’s PIP.
If you haven’t done FMLA training for your supervisors, hopefully, this post will motivate you to get some on...
ADA accommodation requests in Hawaii work the same way as in the other 49 states.
The plaintiff in the case I read last night worked in Hawaii as a customer service representative. She was a clinically...
Employment Rate Rising for People with Disabilities
People who have a disability are landing jobs at record numbers, according to a new report by the U.S....
No job description? No problem. See why this employer had no duty to accommodate.
The Americans with Disabilities Act bars employers from firing someone because they have a disability. It also requires employers...
Did a union non-profit refuse to accommodate a woman with breast cancer and force her to resign? The EEOC thinks so.
I read on the U.S. Department of Labor website that unions help employees improve the workplace with “enhancements” such as...
An employee who didn’t know she had a disability sued for disability discrimination. It didn’t go well.
There’s a reason that they don’t teach “clairvoyance” in HR certification courses. (Although, it would be nice to have...
Would your business ever refuse to hire applicants with obvious missing, broken, or badly discolored teeth?
Unless you run a dental practice, I can’t imagine why a fetching, toothy smile would be a job qualification....
For this employer, if only the EEOC’s hearing disability guidance had come out sooner
Yesterday, I told you about the EEOC’s new resource document for assisting individuals with hearing disabilities. Today, I’ll tell...
The EEOC has a new resource document for assisting individuals with hearing disabilities
If you’re an employment law nerd like me, in addition to being the envy of your neighborhood, you also...
This company was so close to escaping an ADA lawsuit. Here’s what it did wrong.
The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits employers from discriminating against qualified individuals because of a disability. A qualified individual...
Keeping open lines of communications, and other ways to demonstrate good faith under the ADA
A recent Eighth Circuit decision helps show how an employer can discharge its obligations to engage in the Americans...
Not one, but two Friday freebies (including FMLA/ADA tips and tricks on Zoom today at Noon ET!!!)
Well, if you count The Employer Handbook itself, which email gods magically deliver to blog subscriber email inboxes every...
Rarely-performed duties can still be essential ones under the ADA
I have another HR tip related to yesterday’s blog post and accommodating employees under the Americans with Disabilities Act...
Does the ADA force employers to allow employees with medical restrictions to overrule their doctors?
If you’re in Human Resources, you’ve probably dealt with this issue before. An employee with a disability submits a...
Should an employer have provided a disabled employee with a “spitting” accommodation? A jury thought so.
This has been an interesting start to the week at The Employer Handbook, from six-year-olds slinging racial epithets to...
DE Talk Unplugged: Fostering Intentional Workplace Inclusion Through Vocational Rehabilitation
October was National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) and to encourage inclusion and equity for individuals with disabilities year-round,...
Is leave with just an “expected” return to work date still considered an ADA reasonable accommodation?
This situation comes up fairly often. An employee with a disability can’t perform their job, and needs leave to...