What Do You Think? Employees who are fired because they are taking workers’ compensation leave can sue their employers for retaliation. As one case shows, an employer’s comments prior to the termination, when combined with […]

What Do You Think? A recent federal case addressed whether medical leave is a reasonable accommodation under the ADA when an employee doesn't say when he's returning. The case involved a city garage foreman who […]

Case File Following a workers' compensation injury, questions arose about what functions were and weren't essential to a truck driver's job. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the decision. Case Hardin […]

What Do You Think? An employer can get sued for failing to reasonably accommodate an employee with a disability. But did you know that courts may award punitive damages to a worker who wins her […]

Case File When a retired firefighter realized that her health insurance benefits had run out due to her disability, she sued under the ADA but ran into a roadblock on the issue of whether she […]

What Do You Think? Employers must engage in an interactive process to determine reasonable accommodations when an employee needs them due to a disability. A recent case involving a physician’s assistant with a back injury […]

What Do You Think? Employers must engage in the interactive process concerning an employee’s need for an accommodation under the ADA. But what if an employee clearly has a disability but doesn’t identify the accommodation […]

What Do You Think? Employers must reasonably accommodate an employee with a disability. But that’s only the case if the employee is “qualified.” A recent decision out of Puerto Rico illustrates why it's so important […]