Earlier this month, the California Governor signed assembly bill 987 to expand provisions of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, which prohibits harassment and discrimination based on protected classifications. Under this bill, employers may not retaliate or otherwise discriminate against a person for requesting an accommodation for a disability or religious reason, regardless of whether...
By: Sam G. Sherman, Esq. A federal district court in Johnson v. Board of Trustees of the Boundary County School District No. 101, recently clarified the circumstances under which an employer must accommodate a disabled employee or job applicant. The Court ultimately found that the employer need not accommodate an employee in obtaining the qualifications...
By: Sam G. Sherman, Esq. On November15, 2011, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its fiscal year 2011 numbers. The full text of the release can be found on the EEOC website. The EEOC received 99,947 charges of discrimination in fiscal year 2011. This was the highest number in the agency’s history. The agency...
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