by worksaver-admin | Jan 28, 2020 | ADA
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of a disability and requires employers engage in an interactive process and provide reasonable accommodations. A failure to do so may result in liability. The ADA...
by worksaver-admin | Nov 12, 2019 | ADA
The association provision of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits employment discrimination against an employee or applicant because of a known relationship or association with a person with a known disability. This means that an employer is prohibited...
by worksaver-admin | Oct 15, 2019 | ADA
Richard W. Bunch, PhD, PT, CBES It always amazes me when reviewing legal cases about allegations of employee discrimination how employers too often create their own problems that are quite costly. In the California case, Abarca v. Citizens of Humanity, LLC, Mr....
by worksaver-admin | Aug 12, 2019 | ADA
The American workforce is becoming increasingly subject to anxiety and depression disorders. Employers must find ways to retain and motivate employees with such diagnoses in order to maintain a competitive advantage and to avoid legal liability. Nobody knows precisely...
by worksaver-admin | Aug 12, 2019 | ADA, Fit for Duty
An informal discussion letter released by the EEOC sketches out the lawful boundaries under GINA and the ADA with regard to medical history inquires and annual fitness-for-duty examinations. Although the letter responds to an inquiry about medical history information...
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...
