Are Your Accommodations Reasonable? Another important legislative change is the ADA Amendments Act (”ADAAA”).This legislation will go into effect January 1, 2009 and will directly affect your workplace. The amendments incorporate major changes to the definition of the term “disability,” dramatically expanding coverage of the law, and changes an employer’s “reasonable accommodation” obligations. As a result of this legislation, more employees will be qualified …
[ Continue Reading... ]Archive for November, 2008
The HospitalityLawyer Legal Newsletter addresses recent legal, safety, and security updates, regulations, and laws affecting hotels, restaurants, bars, country clubs, spas, and other hospitality businesses. The November Legal Newsletter features an article on the Marinas Law in Costa Rica, as well as an article on the recent Seventh Circuit decision to award FMLA right to an ineleigible employee. Visit the …
[ Continue Reading... ]After a relatively quiet 10 months in hotel and resort property deals, Baker & McKenzie’s global hotels team is starting to see an upturn in activity. Whether this new transaction flow reflects balance sheet driven disposals, or opportunistic buyers taking advantage of price reductions (or corrections), it is a certainty that buyers and their lenders operating in the hotel and …
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