Rae Vann

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Seventh Circuit Rules That Request For Two Months of Extended Medical Leave Is Not a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA

Observing that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) “is an antidiscrimination statute, not a medical leave entitlement,” the U.S. Court

By |2020-09-21T13:54:57-05:0010/14/2017|Categories: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves|Tags: , |Comments Off on Seventh Circuit Rules That Request For Two Months of Extended Medical Leave Is Not a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA

Reversing Obama-Era Policy Position, Attorney General Sessions Issues Memo to Justice Department Personnel Advising That Gender Identity Discrimination Is Not Prohibited by Title VII

In an about face from a 2014 position adopted by the Obama Administration, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has issued

By |2020-09-21T13:54:57-05:0010/14/2017|Categories: Agency Enforcement, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Reversing Obama-Era Policy Position, Attorney General Sessions Issues Memo to Justice Department Personnel Advising That Gender Identity Discrimination Is Not Prohibited by Title VII

Rare Pro-Employer Ruling by Ninth Circuit in Concludes Company Acted Properly in Terminating Worker Who Alleged Disability Discrimination

A “published” decision issued recently by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found

By |2017-10-14T10:40:55-05:0010/14/2017|Categories: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , |Comments Off on Rare Pro-Employer Ruling by Ninth Circuit in Concludes Company Acted Properly in Terminating Worker Who Alleged Disability Discrimination

NT Lakis Attorneys File Brief Urging Full Eighth Circuit To Reverse Three-Judge Panel Ruling That Found Racial Epithets Uttered on Picket Line Were NLRA-Protected

NT Lakis attorneys, joined by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the full U.S. Court

By |2020-09-21T13:54:57-05:0010/6/2017|Categories: Discrimination and Harassment, Labor Relations|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on NT Lakis Attorneys File Brief Urging Full Eighth Circuit To Reverse Three-Judge Panel Ruling That Found Racial Epithets Uttered on Picket Line Were NLRA-Protected

The Compliance Implications of Job Descriptions, Part IV: The ADA and Essential Job Functions

NT Lakis attorneys are pleased to present Part IV in our ongoing series of guides on “The Compliance Implications of

By |2020-09-21T13:54:57-05:009/24/2017|Categories: Compliance Tools, Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on The Compliance Implications of Job Descriptions, Part IV: The ADA and Essential Job Functions

Divided Eighth Circuit Panel Rules in Cooper Tire That Racist Outbursts on Picket Line Were Protected Conduct Under the NLRA

A divided, three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, upholding a decision of the National

By |2020-09-21T13:54:59-05:008/18/2017|Categories: Labor Relations|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Divided Eighth Circuit Panel Rules in Cooper Tire That Racist Outbursts on Picket Line Were Protected Conduct Under the NLRA

Fifth Circuit Once Again Confirms That Regular Job Attendance Can Be Essential Job Function Under the ADA

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires an employer to reasonably accommodate a qualified individual with a disability to allow

By |2020-09-21T13:54:59-05:007/28/2017|Categories: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Fifth Circuit Once Again Confirms That Regular Job Attendance Can Be Essential Job Function Under the ADA

Latest Legal Developments Regarding President Trump’s Controversial Travel Ban Should Have Minimal Impact on Employers

On June 26, the Supreme Court issued a decision partially lifting a set of lower court injunctions preventing enforcement of

By |2020-09-21T13:54:59-05:007/21/2017|Categories: Immigration|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Latest Legal Developments Regarding President Trump’s Controversial Travel Ban Should Have Minimal Impact on Employers