Labor/Employment,
Government,
Admiralty/Maritime
Nov. 11, 2015
FEHA amendment will cause problems for employers
AB 987, signed this year, amends California's Fair Employment and Housing Act, to prohibit retaliation against an employee for merely requesting a workplace accomodation.
Beginning in 2016, employers in California have a new problem. Assembly Bill 987, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown this year, amends Government Code Section 12940(m), California's Fair Employment and Housing Act, to prohibit retaliation against an employee for the mere act of requesting a disability-related accommodation in the workplace.
Specifically, AB 987 amends the FEHA to make it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to "retaliate or otherwise discriminate against a...
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