Courts have held that generally employees are not obligated to make a temporary assignment permanent where an employee requests reasonable accommodation because of a disability. This falls in line with the idea that employers are not expected to create as a form of accommodation new positions that did not previously exist. Recently, however, this notion
Public Agencies Must Comply With New Federal Laws Regarding Service Animals
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. In the early 1990’s, when the Department of Justice originally issued its regulations, ADA did
Employers May Distinguish Between Threats Of Violence As Grounds For Discipline And The Disability Which Causes The Misconduct
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 the case of Wills v. Superior Court, Linda Wills was a clerk for the
From NBOA To NAIS Conference – LCW’s Update From The East Coast
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 from across the country come to together to share their triumphs and tribulations.