Offering Practical Guidance to Employers
A new Louisiana law goes into effect on August 1, 2023 requiring employers to provide time off from work for genetic testing and cancer screening.
Employer Requirements
The new act requires employers in Louisiana to provide employees a one-day leave of absence from work to obtain genetic testing or for cancer screening as long as…
On May 15, 2013, the EEOC issued revised “Q & A” documents addressing how the ADA applies to job applicants and employees with cancer, diabetes, epilepsy and learning disabilities. http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-15-13.cfm
Each of the revised Q & A documents also answers questions about topics such as: when an employer may obtain medical information from applicants and…
Since the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act was not retroactive, ADA court decisions addressing facts that arose prior to January 1, 2009, the ADAAA’s effective date, have continued to apply the original ADA, including the now-overruled Supreme Court decisions in the Sutton trilogy and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams.
Now…
