Bach to Business

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Posts tagged reasonable accommodation

Landlords Must Allow Emotional Support Animals

HUD recently charged a Missouri landlord with violating the Fair Housing Act by requiring a disabled individual to pay a pet deposit for her assistance animal. Here’s what the landlord should have done instead.

Apartment Lease, Property Management, Fair HousingElizabeth WhitmanFebruary 14, 2021saint-saens, carnival of the animals, dahm investments, Fair Housing, Fair Housing Act, reasonable accommodation, emotional support animal, service animal, assistance animal, disability discrimination, Americans with Disabilities Act

COVID-19 Presents Disability Discrimination Issues

Employers must balance the need to keep employees from COVID-19 with employment discrimination laws.

Business Law, Coronavirus, Employment LawElizabeth WhitmanJuly 17, 2020COVID-19, coron, disability discrimination, Americans with Disabilities Act, clayton haslop, focal dystonia, employment discrimination, reasonable accommodation, face mask, pandemic, pandemic preparedness, EEOC

Cats, Dogs, Peacocks, and Mice – Accommodating Disabilities and Assistance Animals

My cats have “contributed” to my articles by walking across my keyboard as I work. I was less thrilled with the cats when one left a dead mouse as a present on my stairs. A recent Kennedy Center audience might have appreciated my cats’ hunting skills. In addition to music from the National Symphony Orchestra, “entertainment” was provided by a mouse in the concert hall.