The ADA specifically provides that time out of work can be a reasonable accommodation. Note that this is particularly useful when you have a combined right to FMLA and ADA leave. If you have a medical issue that counts as both a serious medical condition under the FMLA and a disability under the ADA and run out of […]
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Keeping your medical records private in the workplace is difficult, and it’s even more challenging because the right thing to do is often the opposite of what your instincts might tell you to do: namely, to share your information freely with your supervisor. Here are three things you can do to help protect your information. 1. Don’t tell
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Sample Scenario You work in accounting for a government agency. You’ve been there five years. After trying to get pregnant for more than a year, you are thrilled to find out you’re carrying a baby. Although you want to share the news with an assistant accountant who is also a close friend, you wait until you start to
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If you’ve lost your job, or if you’re about to lose your job, here are some quick action items. Don’t sign anything. Your employer may offer you a severance agreement. It will likely be three to five pages long. Here’s what the gist of it will be: “If you sign this, we’ll pay some money,
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It was shortly before Christmas in 2005 when the call came. The US Attorney for the District of Columbia called to offer me a position as an Assistant US Attorney (AUSA). I was thirty-three and married with a ten-month-old son, and this was a long time in coming. After graduating from Georgetown University Law Center
Title VII Applies to Men, Too! Anti discrimination laws like the FMLA and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protect both women and men from caregiver and gender-based discrimination. I wonder how many men know that. I’m guessing that much discrimination against men of this nature goes unaddressed. The failure to address discrimination against male caregivers likely
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Another statute providing some protection for caregivers is the Fair Housing Act. Section 3604 (a)of this law says that its hall be illegal to “refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bonafide offer, or tore fuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling
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Consider these two scenarios: Stephanie Stewart, pregnant with her first child, is an honors student in community college. She asks the professor of her women’s studies class whether she can make up assignments that she will miss due to labor, delivery, and doctors’ appointments. The professor, a woman, denies her request.(Checkout “New Lawsuits Shine the
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Many federal and state laws protect employees (including at-will employees). The descriptions below merely provide you with a place to get started. I strongly advise you to consult an attorney to determine whether any of these laws apply to you. What Is Caregiver Discrimination? Michelle Singletary wrote an interesting article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/aarp-study-burden-of-long-term-care-needs-of-elderly-straining-families/2011/08/03/gIQAT9FdsI_story.html) in The Washington
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This book is primarily about the protections that care givers have under federal law. Unfortunately, i many states, like Virginia, these laws are the only practical protections you have. But some states and local jurisdictions have parallel and even additional protections. This book does not specifically address state law claims, so be sure to do
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