Written job descriptions can be important when the ADA comes into play, and experts regularly recommend that employers keep them accurate and up-to-date for that reason. Still, a job description is ...

Employers generally need not remove essential functions as an ADA accommodation. They do, however, sometimes have to remove marginal functions to accommodate a worker with a disability. Employers' ...

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 ...

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 ...

A long-standing puzzle in evolution is why new genes — ones that seem to arise out of nowhere — can quickly take over functions essential for an organism’s survival. A new study in fruit flies may ...

Life’s most indispensable molecules are not the serene, unchanging fixtures they might appear to be. Even the proteins that ...

One of the most common questions KARE has received since Gov. Tim Walz issued his "Stay at Home" order is: "Am I considered an essential worker?" The executive order, which goes into effect for two ...

Connecticut businesses that have been deemed "non-essential" are closed and the Lamont administration has issued guidance on what businesses in Connecticut are considered "essential" and can remain ...