Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves

Federal Court Gives EEOC One Year To Come Up With New ADA/GINA Wellness Plan Regulations

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled recently that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has until

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Best Practices for Centrally Managing and Tracking “Good Faith Efforts” To Meet OFCCP Requirements

In a typical compliance evaluation, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) will often demand documented evidence of the

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Senate Version of Tax Reform Bill Includes Limited Tax Credit for Qualifying Employer-Provided Paid Leave Programs

The version of the tax reform bill approved narrowly by the U.S. Senate last week includes a provision that would

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EEOC Brings Lawsuit Alleging Estée Lauder’s Paid Family Leave Policy Discriminates Against Men

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently filed a lawsuit in federal court against cosmetics firm Estée Lauder, alleging that

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American Airlines and Its Regional Carrier Settle ADA Failure-to-Accommodate Lawsuit Brought by EEOC for $9.8 Million Along With Extensive Programmatic Relief

American Airlines and its regional air carrier Envoy Air have agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal

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Federal Procurement Code Amended To Remove References To Obama-Era “Blacklisting” Rule

The three federal agencies composing the FAR Council, the entity that administers the federal government’s procurement requirements, have issued a

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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

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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

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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

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