Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves

OFCCP Announces New “Leadership in Equal Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award” To Recognize Contractor Establishments With Exemplary EEO and Nondiscrimination Programs

Following closely on the heels of the recently announced “Excellence in Disability Inclusion Award,” the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office

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Eleventh Circuit Rules That Temporarily Cutting Employee’s Hours After Her Return From FMLA Leave Is Enough To Reinstate Her Unlawful Retaliation and Interference Claims

Like most other nondiscrimination and worker protection laws, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) bars employers from retaliating

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OFCCP Announces New “Excellence in Disability Inclusion Award” To Recognize Exemplary Efforts by Contractors To Recruit, Hire, Retain, and Promote Individuals With Disabilities

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced its intent to move forward with

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Seventh Circuit Rules That Former Employee Can Take Her ADA Failure To Accommodate and Retaliation Claims to a Jury

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, reversing a federal trial court’s granting of summary judgment to the

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Ninth Circuit Rules That Employer Violated ADA by Requiring an Applicant To Pay for Post-Offer Follow-Up Medical Test

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that an employer’s insistence that an applicant with a

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Guide To Maintaining an OFCCP-Compliant Online “Careers Site”

It has been nearly five years since the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) overhauled its regulations

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Ninth Circuit Rules That Employer Violated California Law by Failing To Properly Engage in the “Interactive Process” Despite Meeting Its Reasonable Accommodation Obligation

In a case highlighting yet another significant distinction between California law and federal law, and the compliance burden the state’s

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