The Second Circuit issued a decision yesterday that reinforces a principle employers sometimes forget in the accommodation process: doing something is not the same as doing enough.
In Raymond v. 1199SEIU National Benefit Fund, the court vacated summary judgment for the employer on an ADA failure-to-accommodate claim. The employee had a vein condition that
President Bush’s signature is expected any day now on the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (click for my prior posts here), which represent some of the most important changes to federal employment laws in over a decade. For employers in Connecticut, there is going to need to be some synthesis with Connecticut’s anti-discrimination laws so
In the waning hours late last week before Congress took its summer vacation, Congress was busy debating (or in some cases, not debating) some key employment bills. These all still require approval from the one side of Congress or the other, but these bills
are getting closer to becoming law. (For a refresher on how a bill becomes