By Ashley Jenkins and Kristina Launey
Seyfarth Synopsis: A federal court recently held that a football stadium must make reasonable modifications to its seating policy to allow a wheelchair user with a ticket for a non-wheelchair accessible seat access to view the game in person.
The football season is well underway, and a recent decision from a federal California Court
Continue Reading Football Stadium May Have Fumbled Wheelchair User’s Seating Request, Federal Court RulesAbout the Program: With states and local jurisdictions continuously updating employment laws, the landscape of handbook policy requirements is in constant flux. Employers face the ongoing challenge of keeping up with these changes.
Seyfarth’s Handbook & Policy Team is at the forefront of addressing these challenges. Join us for this webinar, where we’ll walk you through the most
Continue Reading Best Practices for Multi-State Employee Handbooks: The 2025 Playbook
By Grayson Moronta, Daniel I. Small, and Howard M. Wexler
Seyfarth Synopsis: A pending bill in New Jersey’s legislature would significantly lower the standard for establishing harassment claims and require employers to implement anti-harassment training and policies and report complaint data to a government agency.
Earlier this year, New Jersey legislators introduced Assembly Bill 2443 (“AB 2443”
Continue Reading Proposed New Jersey Bill Would Lower Harassment Standard and Mandate Anti-Harassment Policy and Training| By Ada Dolph, Annette Tyman, Danielle Kays, Sam Schwartz-Fenwick, Sara Fowler, and Tom Posey About the Progam A lot can change in a year, especially during an election year! On a national level, as well as a state and local level, there have been many recent labor and employment law changes and even more changes |
By Erin Dougherty Foley and Kimberly Shen, Summer Fellow
Seyfarth Synopsis: On July 14, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment in an Americans With Disabilities Act discrimination and retaliation case filed by an employee with multiple sclerosis. In rejecting the plaintiff’s claims, the Court’s decision points to the importance of employers having
Continue Reading Seventh Circuit Decision Highlights the Importance of Designing a Legally Compliant PTO Policy
By: Julia Keenan, Alex Drummond and Robert Nobile
On July 1, 2022, the law Florida Governor Ron DeSantis labeled the “Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees,” or Stop WOKE (“Act”), is set to go into effect, amending Florida’s employment discrimination laws state wide. The Act is currently facing a First Amendment challenge in Florida. However, on Monday, June
Continue Reading Florida’s Stop WOKE Act Is Set To Go Into Effect On July 1 – What Should Employers Do?
By Gillian B. Lepore, Vy’Shaey M. Mitchell, and Sara Eber Fowler
Seyfarth Synopsis: Chicago’s amendments to its Human Rights Ordinance – expanding the definition of sexual harassment and implementing new policy and training requirements – go into effect on July 1, 2022. Employers should ensure that they are updating their policies and training plans accordingly.
By Danielle R. Rabie and Erin Dougherty Foley
Seyfarth Synopsis: Despite inopportune remarks by a decision-maker, an employer was able to prevail in an age discrimination case where underlying reason for employee’s terminated was, in fact, insubordination, and not some pretext for discrimination.
Background
In January 2021, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Southern District of Ohio
Continue Reading An Age Old Problem: Age Discrimination Cases in the Workplace
By Erin Dougherty Foley and Katherine Mendez
Seyfarth Synopsis: In light of recent events, the Employment Law Lookout Blog provides some reflection and thought on returning to work in uncertain times.
In February and March we were only just preparing for, and beginning to respond to, the worldwide pandemic. Many of the issues related to returning to work have
Continue Reading Considerations for Employers Returning To Work Amidst Social Unrest and COVID-19
By Linda C. Schoonmaker and Brian A. Wadsworth
Seyfarth Synopsis: The First Circuit recently sided with an employer in a disability discrimination suit in Trahan v. Wayfair Maine, Inc., Civil Action 19-1961.
The former employee plaintiff claimed that her employer discriminated against her when it terminated her employment and failed to honor her accommodation request after the employer
Continue Reading Too Little, Too Late: The First Circuit Finds For Employers in an Accommodation Request Made After The Termination Decision