The Americans with Disabilities Act protects Americans against disability-related discrimination by making it illegal for any employer to discriminate against a qualified job applicant on the basis of his or her disability. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a disability is any mental or physical impairment that limits a person’s
After an extended period of good performance for his employer, The Cash Store, employee Sean Riley requested time off in order to deal with his bipolar disorder. The Cash Store denied his request and then fired him shortly thereafter. Reilly had informed his employer about his bipolar disorder before he
The Americans with Disabilities Act (www.ada.gov) (“ADA”) requires employer to provide “reasonable accommodations” to their disabled employees. But what exactly is a reasonable accommodation under the ADA? The Code of Federal Regulations defines an accommodation as “any change in the work environment or the way things are customarily done that
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently came out with a decision about whether attendance is an essential function of the job, and when an employer can terminate an employee for poor attendance even if the absences are caused by a “disability” within the meaning of the
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to engage in an interactive process with a disabled employee to determine whether the employer can provide a reasonable accommodation under the ADA to the disabled employee. A reasonable accommodation under the ADA requires that the employee be able to perform essential
CAN I BE FIRED WHILE I AM ON DISABILITY LEAVE – WHAT’S THE DEAL? Short answer – yes, but…. CAN I BE FIRED WHILE I AM ON DISABILITY LEAVE –BUT I’M ON SHORT TERM/LONG TERM DISABILITY LEAVE? Short and Long Term disabilities are not job protected. But, there are cases
My name is Alex Granovsky and I’m the managing member of Granovsky & Sundaresh. We’re an employment law firm with offices in New York City and Cleveland. One question that we get very frequently – when it comes to disability discrimination law – centers on accommodations and more specifically a
Is it Legal To Mandate That My Employees Get a Covid-19 Vaccine? Most likely, yes, but you need to recognize that such a requirement raises many issues you will need to balance. How Should I Approach The Covid-19 Vaccination Issue? In the interest of maintaining a good relationship with your
