Last updated Aug. 31, 2017. Under certain circumstances, employers are not required to maintain a disabled employee’s compensation or job status at their pre-disability level if they are to become disabled. So ruled the court in Jones v. Aluminum Shapes, Inc. This 2001 decision clarifies the “reasonable accommodation” requirement of the New Jersey Law Against… Read more »
Last updated June 4, 2018. In the past decade, LGBTQ human rights have dominated the news — and for good reason. From various states approving of civil unions to a crackdown on discrimination based on gender identity, the United States has made significant progress toward extending its equal rights to all. But more needs to… Read more »
So ruled the federal appeals court for the Seventh Circuit in Hoffman v. Caterpillar, Inc., 11 AD Cases 1674 (7th Cir. 2001). The employee in question had no lower left arm; her job duties involved scanning documents. She filed a “disparate treatment” claim under the ADA after her supervisor refused to train her on a… Read more »
A recent Eighth Circuit decision indicates that employers that give employees negative reviews for opposing homosexuality on religious grounds may be held liable for discrimination. In Phillips v. Collings, 86 FEP Cases 411 (8th Cir. 2001), a supervisor had previously given the plaintiff social worker adequate or good evaluations. However, after the social worker told… Read more »
