Logan Howard Law

09/09/2021

files disability discrimination lawsuit after company denies employee remote work accommodation related to COVID-19 https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-iss-facility-services-disability-discrimination

09/01/2021

Staffing company pays $40,000 to settle pregnancy employment discrimination lawsuit filed by after not hiring pregnant job applicant https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/labor-source-wise-staffing-pay-40000-settle-eeoc-pregnancy-discrimination-lawsuit

08/04/2021

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that requires employers with at least 50 employees within a 75-mile radius to provide up to 12 weeks of job protected leave (typically unpaid) to certain employees.

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The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that requires employers with at least 50 employees within a 75-mile radius to provide up to 12 weeks of job protected leave (typically unpaid) to certain employees. To be eligible for FMLA leave, the employee must have been employed for at lea...

02/26/2021

A historic vote by the House to pass the Equality Act, which aims to protect individuals from employment discrimination based on s*xual orientation or gender identity

The House has passed the Equality Act, which would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to protect people from being discriminated based on s*xual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing and other services as well as access to public accommodations such as restaurants.

02/23/2021

EEOC Sues Corpus Christi Hotel for Pregnancy Discrimination After Pregnant Employee Fired...She was a “Liability”

On January 25, 2021, the EEOC filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that Awon Phie LLC d/b/a Holiday Inn Express & Suites violated federal law when it fired an employee because she was pregnant. It is alleged in the lawsuit that a manager at the hotel told the employee that she was a “liabilit...

12/18/2020

Check out the guidance on COVID-19 in the workplace and mandatory vaccinations for employees https://www.eeoc.gov/wysk/what-you-should-know-about-covid-19-and-ada-rehabilitation-act-and-other-eeo-laws

12/01/2020

Can an employer require COVID vaccinations for employees? In most cases, the answer is YES.

If you've been dreaming about going back to the office, news of a promising Covid-19 vaccine could mean you'll be back at your desk sooner than you thought.

11/13/2020

There have been a lot of questions about how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to employees with disabilities during the pandemic...

Have employer obligations under the ADA changed?

Employees with disabilities have long known that they are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), including the requirement that employers provide reasonable accommodations. However, during these previously unforeseen times, there have been a lot of questions about how the ADA app...

06/16/2020

“An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law" - Groundbreaking decision by Supreme Court in favor of LGBT rights

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/gay-transgender-workers-supreme-court.html

The court said the language of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits s*x discrimination, applies to discrimination based on s*xual orientation and gender identity.