This guest post was authored by Heather DeBlanc
The American Disabilities Act (ADA) used to allow any animal to qualify as a “service animal” as long as it was trained to do a task for an individual with a disability. …
This guest post was authored by Heather DeBlanc
The American Disabilities Act (ADA) used to allow any animal to qualify as a “service animal” as long as it was trained to do a task for an individual with a disability. …
This guest post was authored by Oliver Yee
Employee substance abuse poses significant challenges for employers. At what point in time is a drug user no longer a user? Certainly, given the complexities surrounding drug use, addiction and recovery, this …
For the first time, a California court has held that, under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), an employer may distinguish between disability-caused misconduct and the disability itself in the narrow context of threats or violence against coworkers.
In …
Hospitals and other medical-related employers are at the forefront of a growing trend of employers who have adopted policies prohibiting the hiring of smokers. This practice goes far beyond merely banning employees from smoking in the workplace. Rather, these employers …
This guest post was authored by Alison Carrinski
Substance abuse by employees costs public agencies billions of dollars each year and results in increased absenteeism, injuries on the job, and health care costs. Pre-employment drug testing is one way for …
This guest post was authored by Judith Islas
Does an employee who retired because of disability, but is now medically cleared to return to work, have the right to get his old job back? And, does the employer have an …
Public agencies are becoming more and more compliant with the obligation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California Fair Employment & Housing Act (FEHA) in conducting the interactive process dialogue with disabled employees to seek reasonable accommodation which …
This guest post was authored by Cynthia Weldon, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
Thank you to the organizers and attendees of the annual NBOA Symposium which ended Wednesday, February 23, in Washington D.C. It was gratifying to see so many schools represented …