Issue:  Does a defendant have the ability to limit a plaintiff’s discovery into company records to locate similarly situated individuals in an employment discrimination case based on disparate treatment?]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Issues: Does a policy that prohibits a retired former employee from being rehired into the same or similar position have a disparate impact based on age where the employer is unable to demonstrate that its actions were based upon a reasonable factor other than age?]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Issue: When does an employee’s informal statement to a human relations vice president make the employee’s subsequent termination unlawful retaliatory conduct?]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) protects those returning from service in the uniformed services, including those called up from the Reserves or National Guard, and prohibits employer discrimination based on time in the military.]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Civil Rights Reporter approached, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine discussed civil rights issues in a conversation with Marilyn Tobocman, a principal assistant attorney general in the office’s Civil Rights Section. Attorney General DeWine has been involved in civil rights issues throughout his career, primarily during his years in Congress. Tobocman, a civil rights attorney for three decades, has been with the Attorney General’s Office for 19 years and was in private practice for 11 years.]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Issue:  Is employer ordered counseling a medical appointment and therefore restricted by the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 USC 12112(d)(4)(A)) which does not allow employers to compel employees to submit to medical examination except in specific circumstances?]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Civil Rights Reporter, an Ohio Attorney General’s Office newsletter aimed at raising awareness of Ohio’s laws against discrimination as well as important civil rights issues and cases.]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Issue: Do the provisions of the Fair Housing Act only provide legal protection against acts that have made housing unavailable or resulted in the denial of housing to a protected class?]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Issues: Can an individual with a sincerely held religious belief ask for her Sabbath off every week as a reasonable accommodation when her co-workers are claiming that this creates an undue hardship on them?]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Issue: Whether timely arrival at work is an essential function, as a matter of law.]]> Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT Issue: Is a holdover tenant prohibited from alleging Ohio Revised Code 4112 discriminatory retaliation (as opposed to ORC 5321.02 retaliation) during an eviction proceeding — and, if not, must the discrimination allegation be resolved by the court prior to granting the eviction?]]> Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT Issue: Can an employer be held liable for disparate impact discrimination when it terminates employees in accordance with the mandates of a new state law?]]> Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT Issue: Whether the executed release of all claims by a black employee when he believed his position had been eliminated is enforceable after he learns he was replaced by a white male 20 years younger than him.]]> Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT Issue: When a disabled tenant makes an accommodation request for an emotional support animal, a skeptical housing provider is entitled to seek information. But how much?]]> Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT Issue: Whether medical conditions resulting from a high-risk pregnancy can be considered a disability within the meaning of the ADA.]]> Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT Issue:  When a landlord has a no-pets policy and a tenant with an animal assistant asks for the policy to be waived, what does the Federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) require?]]> Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT Issue: Whether assessments by a physician and an aquatic safety consultant were sufficient to determine whether a deaf job applicant was qualified for the position of lifeguard.]]> Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT Dickinson et al v. Zanesville Metropolitan Housing Authority et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, 2013 WL 5487101 (Sept. 30, 2013)
 
Issue: Can a female victim of domestic violence state a cause of action under the Fair Housing Act based on sex discrimination by alleging the housing authority failed to act and instead blamed her for violence caused by the father of her children.]]> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT Ohio Civil Rights Commission v. Myers, 2nd District Court of Appeals, Ohio, 2014-Ohio-144 (Jan. 17, 2014)
 
Issue: Is Ohio’s Fair Housing Act, Ohio Revised Code (R.C.) Section 4112.02(H) limited to behavior related to housing transactions and therefore inapplicable to harassment by a neighbor?]]> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT Here are just a few developments in the Civil Rights Section since our last issue:
 
Kudos: Marilyn Tobocman, principal assistant attorney general in the Ohio Attorney General’s Cleveland Office, earned Crain’s Cleveland Business and In-House Government Counsel Award in November for her years of service in fighting for the rights of all Ohioans.]]> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 08 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 08 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT Mon, 16 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT Mon, 16 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT Mon, 16 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT Mon, 16 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT