The term essential functions of a job, as used in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), best refers to:

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which of the following is a reasonable accommodation that an employer is required to provide to a disabled employee?

If an employee-plaintiff proves that the employer-defendant “willfully violated” the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), then the court is also allowed to award liquidated damages in an amount equal to unpaid wage liability.

An employer will be held responsible under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) even where it is physically or economically impossible for the employer to comply with a safety requirement. 

Compensation for pain and suffering or emotional distress is available under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).

Generally, employment actions by private employers do not trigger constitutional protections because the Constitution is designed to curb government excesses.

The concept of undue hardship may include any accommodation that would be unduly extensive, substantial, or disruptive — or that would fundamentally alter the nature or operation of the business.

Federal minimum wage law supersedes state minimum wage laws where the federal minimum wage is greater than the state minimum wage.

Fiduciary standards established by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) require a fiduciary to exercise the care and judgment that a prudent person would exercise pursuing similar objectives under the same circumstances.

Bob has been working as a salesman at Dolphin Pools, a company with 55 employees for the past five years. He becomes the legal guardian of his six-year-old nephew after his sister and her husband die in a car crash. He informs his supervisor that he would need the next couple of weeks off to arrange for his nephew’s care. Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Dolphin Pools: