by James E. McCollum, Jr. | Mar 14, 2020 | ADA, DC Employment Law, EEOC, Legal Tip of the Week, Maryland Employment Law
If an employer has grown weary of its employees sneezing and coughing everywhere and on everyone, that employer should feel free to adopt and enforce policies regarding infection-control practices, such as regular hand washing, coughing and sneezing etiquette, and proper tissue usage and disposal.
by James E. McCollum, Jr. | Feb 12, 2019 | ADA, Maryland Employment Law
If an employer takes a negative employment action (firing, refusing to hire, demoting, refusing to promote, etc.) against an employee with a physical, mental or even emotional disability, the disability can’t be the reason.