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Before anyone modifies or rescinds any accommodation, make sure the HR office reviews and approves it first.

What about the right of employees to be free of religion at work—or at least the religion professed by management, owners or co-workers? Yes, that’s protected, too.

In a case that highlights the need for employers to take the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act seriously, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has agreed to pay $45 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by 1,000 agency employees.

Are employers required to accommodate more than 12 weeks of leave when an employee is caring for a parent?

Ordinarily, the employer gets to choose the ADA accommodation it prefers for a disabled employee, but there are limits, as this recent case shows. 

Generally, employees who want to take FMLA leave are required to give their employers appropriate notice. For unanticipated leave—say, when a child suddenly becomes ill—workers need to give as much notice as practicable.

Here are some tips for having conversations with an employee regarding a reasonable accommodation.

More than 25% Americans—some 70 million people—have a health condition that qualifies as a disability, according to the latest data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Delaying the interactive process or reaching an agreement and then slow-walking implementation is sure to spell legal trouble. A delay is often seen as a refusal to accommodate, a situation that played out in a recent case.

Q: Are you seeing an uptick in work-from-home accommodation requests related to stress or COVID?