by Jay Butchko | Feb 28, 2025 | Disability Discrimination, Discrimination Harassment
Disability is a protected characteristic under federal and state employment laws. This means that it is against the law for your employer to discriminate against you based on disability. The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) formally listed disability as...
by Jay Butchko | Jan 17, 2025 | Disability Discrimination, Discrimination Harassment
Most employers and employees are aware that employers must make reasonable accommodations for employees and job applicants with disabilities, but they do not understand the full range of applications of this rule. There are many more scenarios where reasonable...
by Jay Butchko | Jul 18, 2023 | Disability Discrimination
Laws that prevent employment discrimination on the basis of disability cover a wide variety of physical and mental health conditions which present difficulties in everyday life and for which the person requires an accommodation in order to do his or her job. An...
by Jay Butchko | Jul 14, 2023 | Disability Discrimination
Many health conditions do not progress in the way that Hollywood screenwriters would expect. Symptoms can improve or worsen unexpectedly, sometimes for reasons unrelated to known triggers. You may visit multiple doctors over a period of years, and they may disagree...
by Jay Butchko | Oct 8, 2021 | Disability Discrimination
Under federal and California state law, employers are legally required to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified workers with disabilities, unless doing so would cause undue hardship to the employer. The purpose of those accommodations is to enable workers with...
