FMLA Newsletter

New ADAAA Regulations
- Build the ADA Interactive Accommodation Step into Absence Management Processes
- "We Don't Allow That for Other Employees" Doesn't Avoid ADA Accommodation Obligations
- Definitions of"Disability" Vary Greatly
- The Reduced Threshold for "Disability" May Impact Other Employee Leave Rights
ADA Lawsuits on the Rise
- Supervalu | Jewel Food Stores
- United Airlines
- Sears, Roebuck and Co.
USERRA & FMLA
- Cat's Paw Theory
FMLA
- Requiring Doctor Notes for Absences Interferes with FMLA Rights
- Employers Victorious in FMLA Call-In Cases: Lessons to be Learned

GINA Final Regulations: Absence Management for Employers
- GINA Provisions Relating to Acquisition of Medical Information
- GINA Definitions
- Exceptions to the Acquisition of Genetic Information
- GINA Warning Required
- Information for Employee Leave to Care for a Family Member
- Special Requirements for Job-Related Medical Examinations
- Limitations on Disclosure of Genetic Information
- Reed Group's Response
FMLA and ADA - Cases of Note
- New DOL Program Likely to Increase Lawsuits
- $3.2 Million Decree . . .
- $8.1 Million Pricetag . . .
- Be Careful What You Promise Employees: equitable estoppel
- No Good (Leave Management) Deed Goes Unpunished
USERRA Note
- Protections Arise Before an Employee Is Called to Active Duty
State Leave Laws - Notable Developments
- More California Leave Option
- New D.C. Regulations Effective 11/19/2010

FMLA - Notable Developments
- DOL announces 2011 focus
- DOL clarifies definition of "son or daughter"
- Court Rules: FMLA does not protect an employee no longer qualified for her position
- An FMLA Lesson: supervisor attitudes can create employer liability
ADA - Cases of Note
- Interactive accommodation process
- Difficulty in access to the workplace
State Leave Laws - Notable Developments
- Ohio enacts new military families leave
- Connecticut revises crime victims leave law
- New case interpretation purports to expand employee coverage under the Connecticut FMLA
- Ohio employers may deny maternity leave based on uniform minimum service requirement - but beware of Kansas