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EEOC’s Tough Stance on Employee Separation Agreements
Employers like separation agreements. Separation agreements, of course, are contracts that employees sign when their employment is terminated that allows them to be paid severance and in exchange they...
View ArticleSupreme Court Sends UPS Pregnancy Accommodation Case to Trial
The U.S. Supreme Court handed a defeat to United Parcel Service (UPS) this week. At issue was whether UPS violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) by requiring a pregnant woman with lifting...
View ArticleThe Ninth Circuit Joins Its Sister Circuits in Ruling That an Employee Who...
The Ninth Circuit released a precedent-setting Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) decision yesterday, and it’s a big win for employers. The Court held that an employee who makes “serious and...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Requires Proof of “But For” Causation for Claims Under...
On Tuesday, August 20, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case entitled Murray v. Mayo Clinic, joined four other Circuit Courts of Appeal in holding that a “but for” causation standard applies in...
View ArticleEEOC Updates Guidance on ADA and the Rehabilitation Act In Light of COVID-19
As employers continue to react to and prepare for workplace challenges due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak around the country, the EEOC has updated some of its guidance on the Americans With...
View ArticleWashington Governor Mandates That Employers Accommodate Employees at High...
For at least the next two months, Washington employers are required to take extra measures to accommodate employees characterized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to be at higher...
View ArticleNavigating ADA Issues in the Time of COVID-19: Four Situations Employers...
We have been counseling employers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and have encountered several common scenarios. Many of the most frequently asked questions are addressed in our Employer FAQs. This...
View ArticleEEOC Guidance: Employers Cannot Test Employees for COVID-19 Antibodies
The legal landscape continues to shift rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we reported here and here, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) guidance allows employers to require...
View ArticleEEOC Publishes Guidance Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines
*This article was originally published as a Legal Alert on December 17, 2020. With the COVID-19 vaccine becoming available to some and just around the corner for others, the question on many employers’...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Rules That a Temporary Impairment Can Qualify as a “Disability”...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the federal appellate court with jurisdiction over much of the western United States (including Washington, Oregon, California and Idaho), ruled last...
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