Quirky Question # 123: Here’s a problem we encounter periodically. We have a large workforce (in excess of 100,000 employees). An employee goes out on disability leave, with an expected return date of X. As that date approaches, we are...
Quirky Question # 119: One of our employees, who works in an interior cubicle, has advised us that she is suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder (or SAD). She has asked us to move her into an office with windows. This...
Quirky Question # 101: We recently hired a 49 year-old employee to manage one of our manufacturing facilities. The employee completed two weeks of paid training and began working at the beginning of the month. His role is central to...
Quirky Question # 100: We have an employee who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, is under the care of a psychiatrist through the Veterans Administration and takes medication for this condition. He also chews tobacco at work. There have...
Quirky Question # 97: One of our employees became disabled. He successfully applied for Social Security benefits on the ground that he was permanently disabled from working. The EEOC now has filed an action against our company, contending that we...
Quirky Question # 81: I am in charge of staffing at a medium-sized company that runs several centers in the metro area offering emergency day-care services on a daily fee basis for children from 6 months to 6 years of...
Quirky Question # 40: We have an employee who is claiming she has a serious health condition as a result of work-related stress and has given us a note from a nurse practitioner saying she should be off work for...
Quirky Question # 15: We have a manufacturing company and we use multiple shifts to operate our plant. We run three shifts daily (7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 4::00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., and 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.) We...
Quirky Question # 10: Not long ago, a stray dog wandered into our warehouse. It did not hurt anyone but it apparently frightened one of our employees. In the days and weeks after the incident, our employee began behaving more...
Quirky Question # 2: One of our employees is quite ill, with a very serious illness. She has used up all of her sick time. She is well liked and several of her co-workers want to donate all of their...
Jack SullivanJack is a Partner in Dorsey’s Labor & Employment group, where he focuses his practice on employment adv...
Nisha VermaNisha has delivered results for her clients with respect to all aspects of employment litigation, including com...
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Hannah GreenHannah is an associate in the Costa Mesa offic...
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Susan LorencSusan is a strategic labor and employment advisor...
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Ketul PatelKetul advises employers on the full spectru...
