Reasonable Accommodation

New and Updated

• Date:

  August 3, 2021

  Type:

  News

  Does "Long COVID" Qualify as a Disability Under the ADA?

  People who continue to experience COVID symptoms months after first being infected may qualify as disabled under the ADA, according to new guidance from the Biden administration.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Disabilities (ADA): Louisiana

  Updated to reflect amendments to state pregnancy accommodation requirements, effective August 1, 2021.

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  Your Top 12 Return to the Workplace Questions Answered

  Employers face several challenges as they begin bringing employees back to the workplace. XpertHR offers some of the questions and answers for top issues HR professionals must understand and consider related to successfully moving back into workplaces.

• Type:

  Employee Handbooks

  Pregnancy and Lactation Accommodation Handbook Statement: Louisiana

  Louisiana employers with 26 or more employees should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees about the availability of reasonable accommodations for pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions and to comply with a handbook policy requirement.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Disabilities (ADA): Minnesota

  Updated to reflect amendments regarding disability accommodations, effective July 1, 2021; and forthcoming amendments regarding pregnancy accommodations.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Minnesota Amends Disability Accommodation Requirements

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Disabilities (ADA): New Jersey

  Updated to include information on a state Supreme Court case regarding the New Jersey Pregnant Worker's Fairness Act.

• Date:

  July 20, 2021

  Type:

  News

  Failure to Accommodate Employee With Down Syndrome Fuels $125 Million Award Against Walmart

  A federal jury ordered Walmart to pay the steep award to a long-time sales associate who claimed her firing violated the ADA, though the cap on punitive damages will significantly reduce the amount.

• Type:

  Policies and Documents

  Virginia Disability Discrimination Information Sheet

  As mandated by the Virginia Office of the Attorney General, Office of Civil Rights, covered employers must post the Virginia Disability Discrimination Information Sheet.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Disabilities (ADA): Pennsylvania

  Updated to reflect expanded list of serious medical conditions under medical marijuana law.