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Labor/Employment

Mar. 17, 2006

Equivalency of Positions Is in the Eye of the Beholder: Worker or Firm

Employment Column - By Arthur F. Silbergeld and Allen J. Loeb - The Americans With Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, and California's Fair Employment and Housing Act (which creates workplace rights for the disabled and incorporates the California Family Rights Act) require an employer to reinstate an employee following leave in the same or equivalent position previously held. But when an employee is ready to come back to work and the company has filled or eliminated the position in the

Focus Column

By Arthur F. Silbergeld and Allen J. Loeb
        
        The Americans With Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, and California's Fair Employment and Housing Act (which creates workplace rights for the disabled and incorporates the California Family Rights Act) require an employer to reinstate an employee following leave in the s...

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