Policy Allowing No More Than Six Months’ Sick Leave Does Not Violate Rehabilitation Act
Posted on July 11, 2014
Posted in Rehabilitation Act of 1973
The Tenth Circuit was recently faced with the question of whether a university’s inflexible policy disallowing sick leave longer than six months violated the Rehabilitation Act. Rejecting the claims of the plaintiff, an assistant professor who sought more than six months leave after being diagnosed with and beginning treatment for cancer, the Tenth Circuit found […]
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Tenth Circuit Tackles Supervisor Issue
Posted on February 28, 2014
In Vance v. Ball State Univ., 133 S.Ct. 2434, 2441 (2013), the Supreme Court resolved a conflict among the circuits regarding what level of authority a harasser must have in order to qualify as a supervisor under Title VII in the context of a claim of sexual harassment. However, there remain questions as to how […]
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