The Wick Law Office's Benjamin E. Wick and Holly V. Franson just finished writing an article for the Colorado Trial Lawyer's Association (CTLA) on reasonable accommodations arising in workers' compensation and Family Medical Leave Act claims, a topic that is becoming more prevalent for clients with medical conditions, disabilities, and workplace injuries. Our article should be published later this summer in the CTLA's Trial Talk magazine. If you have questions on this, or any other employment topics, feel free to contact the Wick Law Office.
Medical Documentation Requests Must Not Be Overlybroad
In a case brought by the EEOC, Pam Transport was recently ordered to pay almost half a million dollars for subjecting its employees to overly broad requests for medical documentation. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act (Rehab Act), requests for medical documentation must be job related and consistent with a business necessity. Learn your rights as an employee and obligations as an employer. Contact us.
Determining whether you are an individual with a disability under the ADA can be difficult.
The Wick Law Office has prepared a useful summary to help determine if an individual meets the requirements for legal protection in the workplace under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because of a medical condition. Please contact us if you believe you have been the victim of disability discrimination or need assistance in requesting a reasonable accommodation.
Benjamin E. Wick and Holly V. Franson will be presenting at the Ohio State University
The Wick Law Office’s Reasonable Accommodation Training Group will be presenting at the Ohio State University’s 15th Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion, and Disability Conference. More information can be found in the news tab at
www.reasonableaccommodationtraining.com/news/
The Reasonable Accommodation Training Group
The Wick Law Office is pleased to announce the launch of our new website to promote the Reasonable Accommodation Training Group. Since its inception in 2014, members of the Reasonable Accommodation Training Group have provided trainings to the Colorado Bar Association, disability rights advocates, and the federal government. The website highlights the importance of proper training for employers and employees on discrimination and reasonable accommodation issues. The Reasonable Accommodation Training Group will be offering two free one-hour trainings in February and March. To sign up for the trainings, or for more information, you can visit us at www.reasonableaccommodationtraining.com.
Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity
The Wick Law Office's Ben Wick and Holly Franson have accepted an invitation to speak at the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity. The conference is taking place in Honolulu, Hawaii on May 18-19, 2015. Information about the conference can be found at:
The Wick Law Office is moving!
As of January 1, 2015, the Wick Law Office will be moving our Downtown Office to a new location near the Pepsi Center. Stop in and say hello if you are in the area:
Moline Building
1127 Auraria Pkwy., STE 5
Denver, CO 80204
This recent settlement highlights the importance of understanding and complying with the ADA and Title VII
A large settlement payout by the employer in this case could have been avoided by understanding and complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The employer should have taken steps to provide reasonable accommodations. Instead, it terminated the employee after he requested reasonable accommodations. Let's hope this settlement prevents further violations of the disability and discrimination laws.
http://www.hrmorning.com/a-128k-lesson-in-why-employers-need-to-accommodate-disabled-workers/
Upcoming Training- Reasonable Accommodations in the Workplace
The Wick Law Office will be providing reasonable accommodation training for the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition on October 22, 2014. If your non-profit or business is interested in training on employment issues, please contact us.
Upcoming training- Understanding Reasonable Accommodations in the Workplace: A Panel Discussion About the ADA and ADAAA
On September 24, 2014, the Wick Law Office will be leading training and panel discussion about reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act for the Colorado Bar Association.
To sign up, go to:
http://www.cobar.org/cle/item.cfm?eventid=LAB092414
Government may owe employees millions in shutdown damages
Looks like the federal government may have violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) during the shutdown last year by failing to pay employees in accordance with FLSA requirements.