Do you know that proverb “no good deed goes unpunished”? This isn’t that situation. “There was no point in continuing the training.” Last week, the EEOC … Read more

Do you know that proverb “no good deed goes unpunished”? This isn’t that situation. “There was no point in continuing the training.” Last week, the EEOC … Read more
Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the previous 12 months. We’re reposting each of the top 30 … Read more
A federal court just sent a warning shot to bosses: the effects of pregnancy don’t end at birth. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which … Read more
On July 17th, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court unanimously held that an employee may pursue a disability discrimination claim under state law … Read more
My skin crawls thinking about the Google search terms that will land some HR professionals on this post, which involves a failed suicide … Read more
By Eric B. Meyer Most employment lawyers — especially us blogger types — are never at a loss for a good war story. Like that time I sat through the … Read more
By Eric B. Meyer The Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to provide a reasonable accommodation to an individual with a disability, if doing … Read more
By Eric B. Meyer Back in 2012, when I wasn’t part of this new protected class, I wrote here about whether an employer would violate the Americans with … Read more
By Eric B. Meyer When was the last time that you trained your managers and supervisors on how to address disability accommodation requests? Or, how about … Read more
By Eric B. Meyer I’ve blogged before about how grilling a medical marijuana user about her disability, just before firing the employee, could give rise to … Read more
By Eric B. Meyer Yesterday, I had one of those moments. You know the ones. For me, it was when a client asked me when I was going to blog about the Muslim … Read more
By Eric B. Meyer Several years ago, I attended a continuing legal education event at which a panel of attorneys discussed accommodations under the … Read more
By Eric B. Meyer It was the bottom of the first page of this recent federal court opinion in EEOC v. Star Transport, Inc. really grabbed my attention: In … Read more
By Eric B. Meyer The regulations to the Americans with Disabilities Act include a non-exhaustive list of reasonable accommodations that may apply to allow … Read more
By Eric B. Meyer When I make my youngest son’s school snack in the morning, I’ve got be sure that I don’t include any peanut products. This is because … Read more
By Eric B. Meyer The Americans with Disabilities Act requires an employer to accommodate an employee with a disability, if doing so will enable that … Read more
By Eric B. Meyer An alcoholic employee can present a number of tricky legal issues affecting the workplace. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, … Read more
By Eric B. Meyer One of my all-time favorite ADA cases — God, am I a dork — is Keith v. County of Oakland, which I previously blogged about. It involves a … Read more
By Eric B. Meyer Yesterday, I read this federal court opinion (Jordan v. Crossroads Utility Service) about an employee who was hired to work outdoors … Read more
By Eric B. Meyer Yesterday, the Americans with Disabilities Act turned 25. To celebrate the 25th anniversary, the EEOC has created a new resource which … Read more