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All Items: Reasonable Accommodation

EEOC Clarifies Opioid Use Protections Under ADA

Date:

August 14, 2020

A new EEOC guidance states that employees who are using opioids, are addicted to opioids, or were addicted to them in the past may be entitled to reasonable accommodations under the ADA.
EEOC Answers 10 New Questions About Coronavirus

Date:

April 21, 2020

The EEOC published 10 new coronavirus-themed FAQs covering reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, harassment and return to work.
Inflexible Leave Policy Leads to $2 Million Settlement in Disability Bias Case

Date:

February 24, 2020

A pair of West Coast assisted living companies and their affiliates have agreed to pay $2 million to settle an EEOC lawsuit that claimed they failed to engage in an interactive process under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Demotion Allowed as Reasonable Accommodation, 7th Circuit Rules

Date:

December 9, 2019

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that under certain circumstances a demotion can qualify as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Walmart Hit with $5.2 Million Jury Award in ADA Accommodation Case

Date:

October 23, 2019

A federal jury has awarded $5.2 million to a former Walmart employee with multiple disabilities for the company's refusal to restore a long-standing reasonable accommodation under the ADA.

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