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The Dark Side: Putting a Stop to Workplace Rumors, Gossip and Innuendo

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Discrimination & Harassment, Human Resources (HR) Compliance

The news late Thursday afternoon came without warning from friends, a co-worker, and of course, Twitter.  There was another death of a popular star.  Suddenly. Tragically.  Jeff Goldblum was dead. Except he wasn’t. And yet, in the span of a day — when the world lost Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson — a rumor was… Continue Reading

Second Circuit Holds that Employees Don’t Always Bear the Burden of Informing the Employer of a Need for Accommodation under the ADA

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Discrimination & Harassment, Litigation

The "reasonable accommodation" requirements under the ADA continue to be a source of questions and confusion for employers. However, on the topic of whose responsibility it is to raise the issue of a reasonable accommodation, the law has been fairly clear in the Second Circuit (which covers Connecticut, New York and Vermont) that it is… Continue Reading