The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a news alert yesterday addressing the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act on employers’ responses to a potential pandemic involving coronavirus, or COVID-19. Although the EEOC […]
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a statement yesterday reminding schools, colleges, and universities of their responsibilities to address discrimination and harassment based on race and national origin during the outbreak of coronavirus, or COVID-19. […]
Originally posted on our Special Education Law Insights Blog. Last week, ISBE reversed course on isolated time out. After initially banning the practice in late November 2019, ISBE heard from many stakeholders that having a staff member in a time out room with an escalated […]
In the past month, we have issued a number of resources on coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, as applicable to schools, colleges, and universities, from education-focused recommendations to issues implicating all employers, including educational ones (on workplace guidance, business continuity, […]
With the end of the school year slowly approaching, remember that any recommendations to non-renew a probationary teacher’s employment for the next school year must likely be acted upon at the board’s March or April meeting. To refresh, to non-renew […]
Originally posted on our Title IX Insights Blog The confusing messages coming from the U.S. Department of Education continue. We still await more information on if/when a final version of the pending Title IX regulations will be released. Those regulations have been almost […]
Originally posted on our Wage & Hour Insights Blog. The anticipated spread of coronavirus in the U.S. has many employers revisiting their emergency response plans. Depending on guidance from public health officials, some employees may be directed to work from home, […]
On February 13, 2020, we reported on recent guidance from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for businesses to plan and protect their workplaces from exposure to COVID-19, or the […]
