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Is working at home a reasonable accommodation? An employee’s disability or medical condition may temporarily or permanently prevent the employee from accessing or reporting to the job site, or from performing his or her job functions there. If the employee can perform his or her job at home, without undue […]
What is a reasonable accommodation? The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. A reasonable accommodation is a modification to a disabled employee’s work environment that enables the employee to perform the “essential job functions” of his or her position. To […]
What the Americans with Disabilities Act says about medical information Is it OK for your boss to require you to get a yearly physical? Can your employer insist that you supply medical documentation proving that it’s safe for you to work? It can be hard to know what your rights […]
Recovering addicts may be entitled to protection under federal law Many people who work in addiction treatment assert that addiction is a disease. If that’s the case, then that begs the question: are people who suffer from drug or alcohol addiction entitled to the same workplace protections as people with […]
Common ways employers may violate the Americans with Disabilities Act In a perfect world, every supervisor would show compassion for disabled employees. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. In fact, disability discrimination continues to increase in this country. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reports that it received 28,000 disability-related […]