Mark C. Fang writes: When an employee with a disability makes a request for a reasonable accommodation, the employer is obligated under New York law to initiate a dialogue with the employee called an ...

Even for companies experiencing significant business interruptions due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, human resources and workplace compliance professionals remain hard at work, trying to support ...

On the heels of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit’s recent ruling on a professor’s remote work accommodation request, a federal ...

Most employers have one disability accommodation process—and a predictable outcome. An employee asks for an accommodation.

The ADA favors an informal, interactive process when looking for an accommodation for an employee with a disability. And while a failure to engage in that process isn't a stand-alone violation under ...

The interactive process is an informal practice in which the employee and employer determine the precise limitations created by the disability and how best to respond to the need for an accommodation.

Since companies started pushing return-to-office mandates, we’ve seen a significant uptick in employees submitting reasonable accommodation requests under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

In New York, federal, state and local laws protect individuals with disabilities from discrimination in the workplace, at their residence, and in public accommodations. One scenario the agencies ...

The interactive process is an informal practice in which the employee and employer determine the precise limitations created by the disability and how best to respond to the need for an accommodation.

The interactive process is a collaborative and ongoing dialogue between the University and the individual with a disability to assess the need for an accommodation and identify possible reasonable ...