The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently issued new guidance identifying post-COVID conditions as a disability that may qualify for protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). The protected condition can go by many names: “long COVID,” ...
With the tight labor market, workers are in a good position to demand safe working conditions and a workplace free of discrimination. Luckily, workers ...
What If You (Or Your Employee) Cannot Risk Exposure to COVID-19? How to Request (and Grant) a Reasonable Accommodation for COVID-19
Recently, I watched a lecture about reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). The lecturer, who proudly proclaimed ...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently denied an injunction to stay enforcement of Senate Bill 8 , the Texas law that bans abortion once a fetal “heartbeat” ...
After the George Floyd Trial, Support Your Employees by Starting the Anti-Racist Conversation
Although many people feel a degree of relief after the recent verdict in the murder of George Floyd, the contemporaneous news of police killings of ...
Governor Pritzker must decide whether to sign a compromise bill that would allow personal injury and wrongful death plaintiffs to recover 6% interest ...