Topic Archives: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

May 1, 2019 - Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Leaves of Absence, Paid Sick Leave

Navigating the Seas of Federal, State, and Local Leave of Absence Laws

By: Janie F. Schulman

FMLA, CFRA, NPLA, ADA, FEHA, NYPFL, SFPPLO. The alphabet soup of leave laws with which employers must comply is enough to make the heads of even the most seasoned HR professionals and in-house counsel spin. With an increasing number of municipalities jumping …›

July 6, 2017 - Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

When One Person's Scent Is Another Person's Disability

By: Amber D. Shubin

A California jury recently awarded a $3.3 million verdict to a California Department of Transportation (“CALTRANS”) employee who alleged a variety of disability-related claims involving CALTRANS’s failure to properly accommodate his allergy to certain scents and his supervisor’s and co-workers’ retaliatory actions in light …›