Category: Americans with Disabilities Act Claims

If Your Disability Isn’t Easy To See, You Still Have Rights The Americans with Disabilities Act doesn’t just cover people with visible physical disabilities. It also offers rights to those with disabilities that aren’t immediately easy to discern. This includes those related to mental illness, chronic pain, and addiction. Non-apparent […]

Short Answer: Anything You Need. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) says that qualifying employers have to offer employees with disabilities accommodations in the workplace. But that term—“reasonable accommodations”—can sound a bit vague. What does it mean? The simple answer is that anything can be a reasonable accommodation, as long […]

Your Rights in the Workplace Under the FMLA and ADA If you have a health condition, you are entitled to time off from work under several laws, including the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Both of these laws are designed to help […]

What Are the Rules in Pennsylvania? Medical marijuana has been legal in Pennsylvania since 2016—and under the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers are required to provide reasonable accommodations to workers with disabilities to help them do their jobs with minimal impairment. You would think that, given these facts, nobody in […]

And if So, What Are Your Rights in the Workplace? In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the common wisdom was that most people with COVID-19 recovered within a couple weeks. However, since the beginning, data has indicated that many COVID-19 patients experience symptoms of varying severity that can last […]