June 27, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that courts can't impose extra legal hurdles on majority-group plaintiffs in workplace bias cases, while the Second Circuit embraced a worker-friendly reading of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Here's a look at these and two other decisions from the first six months of 2025 that employment discrimination attorneys should know.
March 27, 2025
The Second Circuit recently made clear that a worker can be qualified for an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act even if they can do their job without one, aligning with its sister circuits on a nuance of discrimination protections that experts say often flies under the radar.
March 25, 2025
The Second Circuit revived a teacher's suit Tuesday claiming her school district failed to accommodate her PTSD with afternoon work breaks, upending a lower court's finding that the district wasn't required to provide the breaks because she could perform her key duties without them.