Several recent New York City human rights law amendments in the past year have steadily increased worker protections applicable to New York City employers. As is no surprise, the mayor’s
Continue Reading New York City Enacts New “Cooperative Dialogue” Requirements for Workplace Accommodations
On April 19, 2017, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed a bill legalizing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. With the passage of Senate Bill 386, West Virginia
Continue Reading Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: West Virginia Passes Medical Marijuana Law
The recent measles outbreak making headlines at Disney properties in California has been unnerving, to say the least. As any parent can attest, a visit to Disney is likely to
Continue Reading It’s An Unvaccinated World After All
That appears to be the $64,000 question. Most employers and some courts believe that the answer is no. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”) simply requires that pregnant employees not be
Continue Reading Do Employers Have an Obligation to Accommodate Pregnant, Non-Disabled Employees Under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act?
A number of people have written about our “Shy Bladder” post, questioning whether it is, indeed, a disability. After all, what life function does it impair?
One reader who is
Continue Reading “Top Hats” For A Shy Bladder: A Reasonable Accommodation
I started the "Fun with Employment Law" posts mainly to provide some entertainment, but the inaugural post has actually generated a thoughtful response — and one that I thought warranted comment.
An employee, not otherwise disabled, is fired because he takes time off to care for a disabled son. Is the ADA violated?
Yesterday we wrote about the concepts of
Continue Reading Another Case Involving Associational Discrimination and Employee Caregivers
In one of the most significant cases coming before the European Court of Human Rights out of the UK, the government’s Queens Counsel argued that that an employee’s ability to
Apparently quite a bit – it is directly implicated in an employee’s contention that she is disabled and requires an accommodation.
A federal court recently upheld the viability of
Continue Reading What Does Japanese Cherry Blossom Perfume Have to Do With The ADA?
Have you been in the situation where, for hiring purposes, you have to produce a urine sample as part of drug testing? Or been attempting to do what you need to do in