Friday, May 13, 2016
- EEOC: New document, “Employer-Provided Leave and the Americans with Disabilities Act,” provides detailed guidance to employers and employees regarding when and how leave must be granted for reasons related to an employee’s disability under the ADA
- First Circuit: In granting HUD Secretary’s petition to enforce order under Fair Housing Act imposing compensatory damages and civil penalty against condominium association for denying tenant’s reasonable accommodation request to keep emotional support dog as exception to “no pets rule,” the court articulated a new standard of review in cases under Administrative Procedures Act in which agency reaches a different conclusion than hearing officer
- US District Court ME: The court held that signed Maine Human Rights Commission Intake Questionnaire with attached typed statement satisfied Title VII administrative charge-filing requirement (and verification could be added later) despite MHRC’s warnings on its website and in its letter to complainant that a complaint would not be considered filed until a sworn complaint was received
- US DOJ: Justice Department Files Complaint Against the State of North Carolina to Stop Discrimination Against Transgender Individuals
- US District Court ME: The court held, in part, that Local Rule 54.2, which allows an application for attorney’s fees to be filed within 30 days of the expiration of the time for filing appeal, applied regardless of whether judgment was entered based on an unopposed motion to dismiss in which plaintiff had waived his right to appeal
- US DOJ Civil Rights Division: Supplemental advance notice of rulemaking issued on revised regulations to establish specific technical requirements to make accessible the services, programs, or activities State and local governments offer to the public via the Web
- Maine Supreme Court: Advisory Committee on the Maine Rules of Appellate Procedure formed
- Bangor Daily: Judge dismisses Rockland man’s lawsuit against landlord over gun possession
- Kennebec Journal: Former Benton code officer sues town on age discrimination, whistleblower charges
