EEOC: USPS must provide ‘reasonable accommodation’ to postal employees with diabetes

by PostalReporter.com (August 19, 2015)  In 2011,  the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new regulations governing the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA). The regulations “greatly broaden the definition of “disability” under the ADAAA, making clear that to “substantially” limit a major life activity, an impairment need not be “significantly” […]

FYI: FMLA’s definition expanded of an adult “son or daughter”

Frequent PostalReporter.com contributor Don Cheney wanted to remind everyone about Department of Labor expanding the definition of “son or daughter” under FMLA The following is an abstract of Department of Labor’s “Administration’s Interpretation NO. 2013-1” issued January 14, 2013-1 FMLA: The Department of Labor has expanded the definition of “son or daughter” under the Family […]