“Is it true that employers can’t contact a health care provider to clarify a medical condition?”
Here, we take on the “myth” that employers cannot follow up with an employee’s health care provider to clarify or authenticate medical certification. Depending on the circumstances, the new FMLA rules provide several additional tools for employers to use when following-up on inadequate or questionable medical certification.
EEOC Claims Jewel-Osco Violated ADA By Firing Employees After Full Year of Disability Leave
On September 17, 2009, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) filed a lawsuit against Jewel-Osco in federal district court in Chicago, alleging that several of the retailer’s medical leave practices violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). EEOC v. SuperValu, Inc. and Jewel-Osco.
EEOC proposes new ADA regulations, seeks comment
The EEOC has issued proposed regulations and an Interpretive Guidance for public comment following last year’s amendments to the ADA. The new regulations make significant changes in how various terms under the ADA are defined, which clearly will lead to more disability discrimination claims.
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