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Understand marijuana laws in every jurisdiction where you operate

04/25/2025

Employers can require employees accused of violence at work to take a drug test. But what happens if the test reveals the presence of marijuana in the system of an employee whose use of medical marijuana is authorized by state law?

Your choice on diabetes accommodations: Pay little or nothing now or $150K later

04/14/2025

Most disability accommodations don’t cost much at all to provide. Penalties for violating the ADA by not accommodating an employee’s health needs can be expensive indeed.

Understand how pregnancy accommodations differ from other accommodations

04/14/2025

Accommodations under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act can look very familiar at first glance. Like disability accommodations under the ADA and religious accommodations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, pregnancy accommodations under the PWFA require having an interactive conversation with the employee designed to identify what changes the employer can make to accommodate the employee’s needs. But the similarities between the laws end there.

Yes, body odor could require reasonable accommodations

03/13/2025

Correcting slipping hygiene may be unpleasant, but it’s necessary. Reiterating company policies on dress and grooming should do the trick unless the problem runs deeper than relaxed standards. That’s where the Americans with Disabilities Act comes in.

Court rejects telework accommodation for supervisor

03/13/2025

A federal trial court has rejected an ADA telework claim for a worker supervising subordinates.

ADA & your workplace: How to document an unreasonable accommodation

02/24/2025

Under the ADA, employers don’t have to go along with an accommodation that is unreasonable—one that, in the terminology of the ADA, “causes an undue hardship.” If you reject what you consider an unreasonable accommodation, be ready to explain why.

Disabled remote worker? Think twice before demanding return to office

02/24/2025

Recently, many employers (and the federal government) have ordered most employees to return to their offices. Be careful about ordering disabled employees to do so. The EEOC just sued an employer that insisted on requiring everyone to come back to the office, despite some having disabilities.

Chronic pain under the ADA

02/12/2025

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 51.6 million U.S adults, or 20.9% of the adult population, suffer from chronic pain. They may need periodic time off, as well as reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Can’t accommodate with time off? Hire a replacement

02/12/2025

The ADA requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations, including time off, for a disabled worker unless the accommodation creates an undue hardship. But how much time off is a hardship?

How to handle allergies in the workplace

01/15/2025

Fortunately for employers, most allergic symptoms aren’t debilitating enough to constitute disabilities under the ADA. But for millions of employees, that’s not the case, so companies should be prepared to handle these instances.

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