by worksaver-admin | Mar 23, 2019 | Corporate Compliance
Recently, New York law makers announced they are considering a ban on pre-employment tests for marijuana. Effectively, this would prevent employers from testing prospective employees for marijuana usage during the hiring process. This approach comes as the United...
by worksaver-admin | Mar 23, 2019 | Corporate Compliance
On February 14, 2019, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate and House reintroduced the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act. This bill can result in reversing a decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009 by amending the Age Discrimination...
by worksaver-admin | Mar 23, 2019 | Corporate Compliance
A federal jury sided with Chipotle Mexican Grill last in a case involving disability discrimination claims by former assistant store manager, Lucia Cortez. Ms. Cortez alleged she suffered a miscarriage at work after years of trying to get pregnant, fell into a...
by worksaver-admin | Mar 23, 2019 | ADA
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the purpose of the interactive accommodation review (IAR) process is to “identify the precise limitations resulting from the disability and potential reasonable accommodations that could overcome those limitations.” In...
by worksaver-admin | Mar 23, 2019 | ADA
What happens when, at the end of a good faith interactive dialogue and despite the parties’ best efforts, there is apparently no reasonable accommodation that will enable the employee to perform the essential functions of their job? Can the employer safely terminate,...
