A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois sheds light on how to determine what job tasks are properly considered essential functions of a position under the ...

If asked to describe the essential functions of a given job, most employers would include actually showing up to work as a critical component. In recent years the Equal Employment Opportunity ...

Courts often give deference to employers when it comes to essential functions. This determination is relevant in ADA claims because the law doesn't require that employers remove essential functions as ...

Employers generally need not remove essential functions as an ADA accommodation. They do, however, sometimes have to remove marginal functions to accommodate a worker with a disability. Employers' ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — Waste Management of Louisiana will face a container technician’s disability discrimination claims in a federal trial. The technician says he was wrongfully fired after a pacemaker was ...