Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves

Labor Department Issues Final Rule Requiring Covered Federal Contractors To Provide Employees With up to 56 Hours of Paid Sick Leave Annually

The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a final rule implementing the requirements of President Obama’s 2015 Executive Order (E.O.)

By Mike Eastman|2020-09-21T13:55:11-05:0010/14/2016|Categories: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves, Wage and Hour|Tags: Final Rule, Paid Leave, Rulemaking, Wage and Hour|Comments Off

Understanding the Scope of Coverage Under the Obama Administration’s New “Blacklisting” Rules

Executive Order (E.O.) 13673, President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order, and its implementing regulations — more commonly

By Mike Eastman|2016-10-14T14:22:10-05:0010/14/2016|Categories: Affirmative Action and Diversity, Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves, Discrimination and Harassment, Government Contracts, Labor Relations, Wage and Hour|Tags: Blacklisting, Coverage/Thresholds|Comments Off

Handling Applicant Reasonable Accommodation Requests

NT Lakis attorneys and non-attorney professionals are pleased to present the latest in our “AAP Tune-Up” series of guides designed

By John Annand|2016-09-30T14:55:29-05:009/30/2016|Categories: Affirmative Action and Diversity, Compliance Tools, Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves, Talent Acquisition and Management|Tags: Affirmative Action Programs, Guides, Reasonable Accommodation, Section 503|Comments Off

ADA Ruling by Sixth Circuit Defers to Employer’s Judgment in Finding That Driving Was an Essential Function of Plaintiff’s Job

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled recently that driving was an essential function of an employee’s

By John Annand|2020-09-21T13:55:12-05:009/23/2016|Categories: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: ADA, Essential Function|Comments Off

Roundup of State Voter Leave Laws

As we approach the November elections, we thought it might be helpful to provide a state-by-state summary of voter leave

By Lance Gibbons|2020-09-21T13:55:12-05:009/23/2016|Categories: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves, State Standards|Tags: State and Local Law, Voter Leave Entitlements|Comments Off

The ADA and the Risks Inherent in Testing for and Inquiring About the Use of Legal Drugs

Employees’ use of legal drugs, including prescriptions and over-the-counter medications, can put employers in a bind. Even though such drugs

By John Annand|2016-09-16T11:26:31-05:009/16/2016|Categories: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: ADA, Employee Drug Use, Reasonable Accommodation, Withdrawal of Employment Offer|Comments Off

Labor Department Set To Begin Conducting “Blacklisting” Rule “Preassessments”

Under federal regulations and guidance issued recently to implement President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (“blacklisting”) Executive Order, prospective

By Mike Eastman|2016-09-09T14:56:10-05:009/9/2016|Categories: Affirmative Action and Diversity, Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves, Discrimination and Harassment, Government Contracts, Labor Relations, Wage and Hour|Tags: Blacklisting, Preassessment|Comments Off

Obama Administration Publishes Final Regulations and Guidance Implementing President’s “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” Executive Order, a.k.a. the “Blacklisting” Rule

The federal regulatory agencies responsible for implementing President Obama’s “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” Executive Order (E.O.) 13673, better known