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Tag: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Bite, No Bark: 8th Circuit Recognizes Limitations on Certain ADA Accommodations

In attempting to assess the complicated balance between an individual employee’s need for a service animal and the requirements of clients, customers, patients, and the workplace as a whole, the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all Iowa employers) has weighed in over the last several months with discussions in two […]
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Religious accommodations: Where do we stand?

Last summer, in Groff v. DeJoy, the U.S. Supreme Court upended the analysis used to determine whether and how employers must accommodate an employee’s religious beliefs. In the year since, there have been some applications of Groff’s reasoning in lower court cases, and here are some takeaways you can apply when working through an employee’s […]
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EEOC Offers Employers a Hobson’s Choice on Employee Training

Training. Training, training, training. We all appreciate the practical importance of training. It can certainly help eliminate pesky and undesirable workplace issues. Heck, it can even help create a desirable workplace for employees. Set aside the practical benefits of training—e.g., relaying fairly obvious no-nos to a room typically containing persons inexplicably unaware of obvious no-nos—and […]
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