This past week has been hot and humid here in the Northeast, so I parked my almost pristine 10-year- old car in my driveway, under the shade of a giant oak tree. I hardly ever park there on a sunny day, choosing instead to park some...
By definition, a permanent state of compliance within the law of reasonable accommodation (RA) is a myth: RA is a daily journey. For the employee or applicant using the accommodation, a state of ability, rather than disability, is the...
A chilling wind continues to blow through assisted living and skilled nursing facilities across the land. Settlements or suits involving Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc. and Baywood Home Care provide examples of the same errors...
Imagine your company has 211 operating locations across the United States and each location is staffed by at least 10 front line supervisors. These 2,000+ supervisors have the opportunity each day to unknowingly create a 4-year-long...
On April 22nd at the DMEC conference in Washington, D.C. Amber Cheek, JD, Disability Inclusion and ADA Compliance Manager at the University of Missouri, and I gave a presentation titled “Anatomy of an EEOC Charge: An Insider’s View.” After my...
I attended the DMEC FMLA/ADAAA Employer Compliance Conference in Washington, D.C. at the end of April. Following are my reflections on the general buzz throughout the conference and my private conversation with a defense attorney. “Leave as an...
Our May 2015 webinar titled Accommodating What You Can’t See: Accommodations for “Invisible Disabilities” is presented by Amber Cheek, J.D., of the University of Missouri. In this blog post I give you a peek at the five best practice tips and the real-life examples...
On the second Wednesday of each month, at 2:00 p.m. eastern time, we broadcast a webinar on a topic related to Title I of the ADA. This blog post is based on a question from the audience: Q: I am interested in your thoughts. While a hospital was interviewing a Zumba...
On the second Wednesday of each month, at 2:00 p.m. eastern, we broadcast a webinar on a topic related to Title I of the ADA. This blog post is based on questions from the audience: “Can the employee tell the employer what they want as an accommodation?” The spirit...
One of the first three steps in establishing a responsive reasonable accommodation process is to train front line supervisors and managers to recognize that an employee is making a valid accommodation request. The company’s legal responsibility, and ability to...
