Employees Who Work from Home on the Rise(2/8) The number of people who worked at home increased from about 9.5 million in 1999 to about 11.3 million in 2005, according to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau. Nearly half of these home workers had college degrees and nearly half of them earned $75,000 a year or more.
How Will New ADA Regulations Impact Your Company?(2/8) Given the broader definition of ?disability? included in the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 and recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidance, education is employers? main line of defense against disability-related claims, according to Janine Yancey, J.D., SPHR.
Employer Pays for Failure to Consistently Provide Accommodations (2/5) Both California and federal law require employers to accommodate disabled employees, unless doing so would be an unreasonable burden on the employer?s business. Not providing an accommodation when it would be reasonable to do so can result in expensive and time-consuming litigation. So can failing t...