Allyn & Fortuna LLPPaula Lopez, May 28, 2014. On April 22, 2014, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in EEOC v. Ford Motor Co., rejected Ford’s position that its employee’s presence at the workplace is necessary to perform her essential job functions and found that Ford failed to establish that telecommuting, in this instance, would impose an undue hardship on an employer obligated to provide a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In doing so, the Sixth Circuit upended the typical deference given to an employer’s…
Paula Lopez, May 8, 2014. As the trend of e-commerce and the offer of goods and services through websites and mobile applications have increased, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has stepped up enforcement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to ensure that individuals with disabilities have equal access to sites offering such goods and services online. Title III of the ADA prohibits places of public accommodation from discriminating against disabled individuals with respect to access to goods, services, programs, and facilities offered by such public accommodations. The…