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What does the ADA do? Workplace Disability Lawyer Answer: As frequent readers of our blog now know, the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) requires employers to provide qualified employees or applicants with reasonable accommodation unless to do so would cause...
Whether your religious institution employer can get away with discrimination based on a sincerely held religious belief most often depends on whether it qualifies for what is called the “ministerial exception.” This is an issue that arises regularly for members of our...
A recent decision out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit caught my eye. Not because of the facts of the case, which were rather pedestrian (a patrol office filed a race discrimination claim because he was investigated and issued a coaching...
How do I show disability discrimination by my job against me under the ADA? Disability Discrimination Lawyer Answer: The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) prohibits employers from “discriminat[ing] against a qualified individual on the basis of disability” in...
Generally, a statute of limitations is a time limit for filing charges against another party. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an employee or applicant has 180 calendar days from the day the discrimination took place to file a charge with the Equal...
Ahh, the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), stripping rights from employees since 1925! While it was created as an alternative to litigation with the hopes of making a resolution faster and easier in commercial disputes, it was judicially broadened to cover all disputes...
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), there is a provision that prohibits actions that interfere with an employee’s rights in the workplace. The provision is a “catchall” that bars an individual from unlawfully coercing, intimidating, threatening, or...
The concept of what a central job function is complex. So, for today’s legal blog we are going to use a recent United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit opinion in the case of Equal Opportunity Commission v. Cash Depot, LTD, No. 21-20515, 2022 WL 3644186,...
Today, we start with what should be the obvious premise that not all disabilities can be accommodated to do all jobs and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) does not require that. In order to prove a failure to accommodate claim, “a plaintiff must show that...
Disability Employment Lawyer Answer: Although the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) was enacted by Congress in relevant part “to increase employment opportunities and employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities” 29 USC 701(b)(4), not all persons with...