Tag: ADA
EEOC Updates Guidance On COVID-19 Workplace Prevention
Last month, I wrote an article outlining the steps that employers may take to guard against coronavirus in their workplace. Thanks to a recent Guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), employers were able to implement several steps, such as taking employee temperatures and insisting that employees stay home if sick, to prevent COVID 19 […]
COVID-19: What Can An Employer Do?
As many businesses are temporarily shutting down due to Governor Murphy’s closure order here in New Jersey, what can those other employers do who remain open to help safeguard against COVID-19 infestation of its workplace. Well, the answer might surprise you thanks to a recent guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”). Under this […]
Court Holds that Woman Diagnosed with Cancer Has Not Established that She is Disabled under the ADA
If an employee came to her employer and advised that she had been diagnosed with cancer, wouldn’t you automatically assume that the employee falls with the definition of “disabled” under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) due to the diagnosis alone? Not so fast. In a recent Third Circuit case, Alston v. Park Pleasant, Inc., […]
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