Disability Laws Blogs

Lebau & Neuworth Wins Disability Benefits For Persons With Migraines

The law firm of Lebau & Neuworth recently obtained long-term disability benefits on behalf of two clients who suffered from migraines but had their claims denied before seeking our representation.

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Job Coach, Other Workplace Requests Are Reasonable Accommodations

Posted on October 14, 2022 in Disability Laws, Employee Rights, Employment Law

An employer recently failed to get a court to rule that a job coach can never be a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Amazon’s Broken Leave System Misdelivers for Employees

Amazon’s leave system is not only a huge inconvenience for its employees, but it could potentially be violating laws such as the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).

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CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: COVID 19 Created Additional Ways to Prove Disability in Various Benefits Cases

COVID 19 produced a new paradigm that created additional ways to prove disability in Social Security Disability, Workers Compensation and Long-Term disability benefits cases.

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Pregnancy Complications as a Disability & Telecommuting as a Reasonable Accommodation

The law now dictates that pregnancy, by itself, does not constitute a disability protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). However, an employee’s pregnancy-related complications can rise to the level of a protected disability under the ADA.

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CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: Updated EEOC COVID-19 Preparedness Guidance Focuses on ADA

On March 21, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency that enforces federal anti-discrimination laws, updated its guidance on the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Disabled Workers Score Big In ADA Victory during Disability Awareness Month

October is Disability Awareness Month, which appropriately coincides with a recent Maryland federal court decision that cements the rights of disabled workers and the obligations on an employer to provide reasonable accommodation.

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Lebau & Neuworth Partner Speaks to National Body on Supreme Court Social Security Decisions

As a featured speaker at the American Association for Justice 2019 Annual Convention, Lebau & Neuworth partner attorney Richard Neuworth addressed thousands of attendees on decisions made by the Supreme Court in 2018 and 2019 that affect Social Security disability cases.

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Disability Discrimination vs. The Essential Functions of Performing a Job

The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that an employer must provide reasonable accommodations for an employee to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

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You Are Not Disabled Just Because Your Employer Thinks You Are

One broad protection afforded by the Americans with Disabilities Act is that a worker can be unlawfully discriminated against even if he or she is not actually disabled.

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