Disability Discrimination

New and Updated

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Disabilities (ADA): Maine

  Updated to reflect an amendment regarding disability discrimination, effective October 18, 2021.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Disabilities (ADA): Ohio

  Updated to reflect amendments regarding the use of medical marijuana, effective September 30, 2021.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Disabilities (ADA): Delaware

  Updated to reflect revised definitions under the Persons with Disabilities Employment Protections Act, effective September 17, 2021.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Delaware Amends Definitions of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Disability

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Disabilities (ADA): North Carolina

  Updated to reflect the forthcoming Charlotte nondiscrimination ordinance.

• Date:

  September 14, 2021

  Type:

  News

  Remote Work Request Sparks First-of-Its-Kind COVID-19 Lawsuit

  The EEOC claims that an employer discriminated by firing an employee with a disability for requesting a remote work arrangement in a lawsuit that is likely only the opening salvo on this issue.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Illinois Human Rights Act Prohibits Association Discrimination

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Disabilities (ADA): Illinois

  Updated to reflect a forthcoming amendment regarding disability discrimination.

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  Coronavirus (COVID-19): FAQs

  Enhanced with an additional FAQ on group health plan surcharges on unvaccinated employees; and updated to reflect the extension until December 31, 2021, of the Department of Homeland Security's relaxation of Form I-9 review requirements.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Disabilities (ADA): Nebraska

  Updated to reflect amendments to law regarding service animals, effective August 28, 2021.