Reasonable Accommodation

New and Updated

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Disabilities (ADA): Pennsylvania

  Updated to reflect Philadelphia ordinance requiring reasonable accommodation of needs related to reproductive health autonomy, effective January 16, 2023.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Prohibits Reproductive Health Autonomy Discrimination

• Type:

  50-State Charts

  Lactation/Breastfeeding Breaks and Facility Accommodation Requirements by State and Municipality

  Updated to reflect expanded lactation accommodations required under the federal PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, effective December 29, 2022.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  New York Expands Required Lactation Accommodations

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Disabilities (ADA): New York

  Updated to reflect requirement that posters be made available electronically, effective December 16, 2022.

• Date:

  December 7, 2022

  Type:

  News

  Circle K Settles Pregnancy, Disability Bias Claims for $8 Million

  Convenience store chain Circle K will pay $8 million to resolve allegations that it denied reasonable accommodations to pregnant employees and employees with disabilities as the result of a nationwide settlement with the EEOC.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Disabilities (ADA): Missouri

  Updated to reflect amendments to the medical marijuana law, effective December 8, 2022.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Disabilities (ADA): Connecticut

  Updated to reflect domestic violence victim protections effective October 1, 2022.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Disabilities (ADA): District of Columbia

  Updated to reflect forthcoming law regarding marijuana.

• Date:

  August 23, 2022

  Type:

  News

  ADA Covers Gender Dysphoria, 4th Circuit Finds in First-of-Its-Kind Ruling

  While the case arose out of a prison discrimination lawsuit, the court's in-depth analysis of the ADA has clear implications for employers and is a big win for transgender individuals.