Understanding “Long COVID” & ADA Disabilities Protections
Many employers in Texas are facing disability accommodation requests from employees related to COVID-19. Some of those accommodation requests concern protections against exposure or spread in the workplace due to the employee’s disability, while others concern the disabilities that the employee has developed as a result of being infected with the coronavirus. It is critical […]
A Season of Change for Human Resources
On Saturday, June 20, we marked the official start of summer. That day is known as the summer solstice, the longest day of the year and the day on which the sun reaches its highest and northernmost points in the sky. With the start of summer, we close out spring and we turn to thoughts […]
The ADA and Mental Disabilities
We are in the process of preparing our “Sensitive Employee Relations” presentation for the upcoming Frisco HR Summit at the end of March, so we thought we would provide you a preview of that speech while also providing some valuable information regarding mental disabilities and mental health and their relation to the Americans with Disabilities […]
A Reminder About the Protected Nature of Alcoholism
You may or may not have seen the sports news in the last few days and weeks but ESPN and other outlets reported that former University of Southern California head football coach, Steve Sarkisian, filed a lawsuit against the school alleging disability discrimination and failure to provide a reasonable accommodation based on the fact the […]
