A recent New Jersey appeals court decision found that ExxonMobil’s drug and alcohol policy was facially discriminatory, with implications for similar policies maintained by other employers. In the case in question, an employee identified herself as a recovering alcoholic seeking rehabilitation, and due to ExxonMobil policy, was forced to enter…
In a continuation of a recent post that analyzed what constitutes a “reasonable accommodation” under the Americans With Disabilities Act, this post summarizes a great article by the FMLA Insights blog that looks into the extent a leave of absence constitutes a reasonable accommodation. The article looks at the fact…
Here are two posts from employment law blogs that illustrate some of the difficulties and contradictions of the ADA, especially when it comes to reasonable accommodations. In the first post, from Eric Meyer of The Employment Handbook, the court held that under the ADA a utility man could have a…