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Can a Retired Employee be a ‘Qualified Individual’ Under ADA? SCOTUS Weighs In
Can a Retired Employee be a ‘Qualified Individual’ Under ADA? SCOTUS Weighs In

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 […]
Must Hospital Return Physician’s Assistant to Original Schedule Post Medical Leave?
Must Hospital Return Physician’s Assistant to Original Schedule Post Medical Leave?

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 […]
Can Fired Hostess Sue Over Restaurant’s Failure to Unilaterally Start Interactive Process?
Can Fired Hostess Sue Over Restaurant’s Failure to Unilaterally Start Interactive Process?

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 […]
Must DHL Deliver Accommodations for Manager’s Debilitating Hypertension, Anxiety?
Must DHL Deliver Accommodations for Manager’s Debilitating Hypertension, Anxiety?

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 […]
Did Company Need to Pick ADA Accommodation When Welder Asked for FMLA Leave?
Did Company Need to Pick ADA Accommodation When Welder Asked for FMLA Leave?

What Do You Think? Chattanooga, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer must work with an employee to identify possible accommodations once that worker requests an accommodation under the ADA. But what if the employee merely asks […]
Safety Boot Requirement Stomps Worker’s Reasonable Accommodation Argument
Safety Boot Requirement Stomps Worker’s Reasonable Accommodation Argument

Case File A worker couldn't get boots to work for her feet that satisfied safety rules, so she couldn't perform the essential functions of her job. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text […]
Worker Can’t Tack on ADA Retaliation Charge to Claims
Worker Can’t Tack on ADA Retaliation Charge to Claims

Case File An Arkansas worker came up short in his attempt to add ADA retaliation charges related to his workers' compensation claim due to rules related to exhausting administrative remedies as well as the exclusive […]
5 Top Cases on Reasonable Accommodations, Workers’ Compensation
5 Top Cases on Reasonable Accommodations, Workers’ Compensation

Stuart, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When a worker experiences an injury at work, getting her back to the job might involve some workplace modifications, including light duty, work-from-home, or other arrangements. Not surprisingly, then, a worker […]