Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a decision by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals holding that a multi-month leave of absence is beyond the scope of a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The plaintiff...
Career interruptions negatively affect pay. Who knew? It’s spring, and so it’s time for my annual rant against media coverage and political pronouncements about the “gender pay gap.” You can read my past rants here, here, here, and here. In a...
Yikes. Sounds like Japan is past due for a Pregnancy Discrimination Act. According to the Daily Mail, workers in Japan who want to get pregnant are expected to do it in order of seniority (meaning, “time on the job” rather than “number of ticks left...
In Wolf v. Lowe’s Companies, Inc., No. 4:16-CV-01560 (March 13, 2018), United States District Judge Alfred H. Bennett of the Southern District of Texas granted Lowe’s motion for summary judgment on a former sales employee’s claims under the Americans with Disabilities...
Former New Orleans Saints cheerleader Bailey Davis has filed a complaint with the EEOC accusing her former employer of having one set of rules for its male players, and another for its female cheerleaders. The Saints fired Davis after it claimed she violated a rule...
