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The ABCs of the ADAAA: What Employers Need to Know About Recent Changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act

The ADA was passed to provide legal protections for, and to end discrimination against, workers with disabilities. The ADA is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities… Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court Made It Harder for Employees to Claim Disability

On January 8, 2002, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision (Toyota v. Williams) that affects all employers with more than 15 employees. The ruling makes it more difficult for an employee to qualify as “disabled” under the Americans… Read More

What You Can & Can’t Ask Potential Employees

There are certain things an employer can’t ask, whether on an application form or during a personal interview, before an individual accepts an offer and begins work. In general, you should base your questions on the business necessity of “needing… Read More

When an Employee is Called to Military Duty: The Uniformed Services Employment And Reemployment Rights Act Of 1994 (USERRA)

Companies, small and large, could be faced with the issue of having to accommodate employees who are called to military duty. USERRA was enacted by Congress in 1994 to establish employers’ obligations and to assist employers and their employees in… Read More

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

A Brief Background on Lilly Ledbetter: Lilly Ledbetter worked for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in their Gadsden, Alabama, union plant from 1979 until 1998. While employed as a salaried worker, raises were given and denied based on evaluations… Read More

MCR Employment Morsels: Hostile Work Environment, Genetic Information, Last Paycheck Overview

Hostile Work Environment A hostile work environment is only unlawful if it is motivated by discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information. A hostile work environment claim is composed of… Read More

Internal Investigations by Businesses

When a business is confronted with evidence or allegations against an administrator or employee of wrongdoing, it should respond deliberately, thoughtfully, and promptly.  Gathering all the facts is essential.  To do this, a thorough internal investigation should be conducted.  Such… Read More

Getting Your Terms Right: “Right to Work” -vs- “At-Will Employment”

“This is a right-to-work state and I’ll fire whoever I want for whatever reason I want.”  The problem with this statement that employers often make is that “right-to-work” laws involve employee rights during an employment relationship, particularly in the context… Read More

MCR Employment Law Morsels: Arizona Whistleblower Law; References; Solicitation Policies; Who’s a Supervisor?; Accessing Your Employee’s Personal Email; You, Social Media and the National Labor Relations Board

ARIZONA WHISTLE-BLOWER LAW Arizona provides protection to employees who “blow the whistle” on their employer.  The Arizona Employee Protection Act states that employees who, in a “reasonable manner,” disclose to their employer that the employer or an employee of the… Read More

The ABCs of the ADA

Click here for the PDF, as published in the NSRA newsletter, by our own Cassandra B. Meynard. Read More