Canada: Accommodation Does Not Include Refusing To Serve Customers

Can a small retailer be required to let an employee turn away customers she cannot serve due to a disability as part of “reasonable accommodation”?

Store Manager Robabeh Poursadi developed a work-related wrist injury that precluded her from performing some of the customer service aspects of her position. The case did not make it clear what tasks she was unable to perform, but a reasonable inference can be made that the wrist injury would have […]

By | February 25th, 2015 ||

United States: DOL Issues FMLA Final Rule Recognizing Same-Sex Marriages And Establishing "Place Of Celebration" As New Rule For Defining Spouse

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced that on February 25, 2015, it will issue a Final Rule revising the regulations to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to provide that the term “spouse” means a husband or wife and “refers to the other person with whom an individual entered into marriage as defined or recognized under state law for purposes of marriage in the State in which the marriage was entered […]

By | February 25th, 2015 ||

United States: Class Action Lawsuits: In Vogue? High Fashion Gets Hit With Wage And Hour Class Action Lawsuits Over Unpaid Internship Programs

Sportswear-inspired designs, bold prints, and gingham aren’t the only things trending for Spring 2015 in the fashion world. Judging from a recent wave of lawsuits, wage and hour class actions are trending as well. Over the past few years, class action lawsuits over unpaid internships have been on the rise, with this most recent wave of filed lawsuits serving as a powerful reminder to employers that intern programs can’t simply be viewed as a […]

By | February 24th, 2015 ||