WIRTW #139 (bald is beautiful edition)
At 37, I’m pretty comfortable in my baldness. I’m not sure if it was Michael Jordan, or finding me wife, who loves me for me, bald head and ...
More on pregnancy as a disability
By Jon Hyman
The more I think about yesterday’s post discussing Spees v. James Marine, Inc. —which held that pregnancy-related impairments that are not p...
Pregnant = disabled, at least according to the 6th Circuit
By Jon Hyman
The Americans with Disabilities Act expressly excludes pregnancy as a disability. Or at least that’s what it says, and what I’ve always beli...
Do you know? What triggers the duty of reasonable accommodation?
By Jon Hyman
Suppose an employee suffers from sleep apnea, which keeps the employee awake for periods of time at night. In fact, the employee’s nighttime...
California court declares open season on stray workplace remarks
By Jon Hyman
Traditionally, an employee cannot use stray remarks in the workplace to prove discrimination. Under the stray remarks doctrine, courts deem ...