https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/04/has-the-ada-swallowed-the-fmla-for-employee-medical-leaves/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:27:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/04/has-the-ada-swallowed-the-fmla-for-employee-medical-leaves/comment-page-1/#comment-118794 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:27:31 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22603#comment-118794 The previous story about regulation of hedge funds and this one about the ADA are further evidence that Washington apparently believes that endlessly increasing the regulatory burden on business is the only way to achieve economic growth and prosperity. What it will actually achieve is something quite different.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/04/has-the-ada-swallowed-the-fmla-for-employee-medical-leaves/comment-page-1/#comment-118787 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:17:11 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22603#comment-118787 Glad someone has finally figured this out. This EEOC has subsumed the FMLA by claiming that being at work isn’t an essential function of work. Love the logic.

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