In last week’s EmployNews, we discussed a growing trend of employees basing requests for remote work on mental or physical disabilities, and therefore requesting accommodations under the Americans ...

If asked to describe the essential functions of a given job, most employers would include actually showing up to work as a critical component. In recent years the Equal Employment Opportunity ...

Last month I had the privilege of speaking at Worldz — an annual gathering of thousands of the world's most influential marketing, cultural and business leaders — with a friend and client partner, who ...

We have all heard the old adage "time is money," but what if an employee's disability affects his ability to show up for work on time? This issue was recently addressed in Albright v. Trustees of the ...

The ADA protects qualified individuals with a disability from workplace discrimination and requires that employers provide reasonable accommodation that allow employees to perform the essential ...

The foundation of a successful recruitment process relies on a position description which accurately enumerates the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to effectively perform the job and ...

The job summary consists of one or two sentences describing why the position was created and why it exists, period. Essential functions are fundamental duties that an employee must be able to perform ...

Healthcare provider has the fourth-longest time to hire among 10 major job functions, according to a new U.S. analysis by LinkedIn data. The analysis, published Aug. 2, finds the median time to hire ...

When you look at job descriptions in emergency management you find titles like program manager and director. The responsibilities might include disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery ...