Legal Rights of Individuals with Disabilities
An essential companion for employees' and employers' counsel
- Product Number: 2215345WFM
- Publication Date: 8/30/2021
- Edition: 3rd Edition 2021
- Copyright: © 2021 MCLE, Inc.
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This manual is a practical and comprehensive guide to the wide range of challenges facing employment law practitioners in Rhode Island. Highly experienced Rhode Island employment attorneys offer guidance on essential employment law topics such as privacy, discrimination, accommodation and leave, collective activity, and unemployment benefits. With frequent practice notes, step-by-step explanations, and careful attention to detail, A Practical Guide to Employment Law in Rhode Island is an indispensable resource for the practice of employment law.
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Update: March 2022
Dear Subscriber:
Thank you for updating your reference library with the 2022 supplement to A Practical Guide to Employment Law in Rhode Island. Highlights from the many issues addressed in this supplement include
- new pay equity legislation (effective January 1, 2023) expanding protections against wage discrimination—increasing the categories of employees subject to legal protection, enhancing wage transparency in recruiting for open positions, and prohibiting the use of applicants' wage histories in making hiring decisions;
- a new statute regulating certain aspects of noncompetition agreements;
- First Amendment protections against defamation claims that have been recharacterized as false-light claims;
- discrimination based on an employee's possession of a medical marijuana card;
- applicability of a three-year statute of limitations to cases brought under the Rhode Island Wiretap Act;
- whether the "aiding and abetting" language of Section 28-5-7(6) of the Rhode Island Fair Employment Practices Act may be used to impose individual liability on employees of a defendant employer;
- the scope of the ministerial exception;
- age disparities considered sufficient to support a claim of age discrimination;
- retaliatory disclosure of the reasons for an employee's termination in statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission;
- consideration of long COVID as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act;
- an extensive discussion of the sick pay and leave provisions of the Rhode Island Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act;
- a recent amendment to R.I.G.L. ยง 28-50-3 to clarify that retaliation may include an employer's reporting or threatening to report an employee's immigration status;
- legislation providing for the continuation of existing collective bargaining agreements for municipal employees and public school teachers when the parties have been unable to reach agreement on a new contract;
- COVID-19-related developments in unemployment benefits; and
- updated information on proceedings conducted by the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights.
We trust you will find the 2022 supplement to A Practical Guide to Employment Law in Rhode Island a valuable resource, as we at MCLE continue our efforts to bring you the latest solutions to the issues you face in your practice.
Very truly yours,
John M. Lawlor, Esq., MCLE Publications Attorney
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
expand allChapter 1 expandEmployment Discrimination
Buy ChapterChapter 2 expandHousing Rights
Buy ChapterChapter 3 expandEnforcing Fair Housing Rights to Live in the Community of Choice
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- Legal Tools to Remove Fair Housing Barriers Buy FormChapter 4 expandSpecial Education
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- Special Education Eligibility Flow Chart Buy FormExhibit 4B
- Sample IEP Buy FormExhibit 4C
- Transition Planning Form Buy FormExhibit 4D
- Placement Consent Forms Buy FormExhibit 4E
- IEP Transition Guidance Buy FormExhibit 4F
- Indicator 13 Buy FormExhibit 4G
- Sample MDR Form Buy FormExhibit 4H
- Evaluation Consent Form Buy FormChapter 5 expandVocational Rehabilitation Services and Other Work-Related Issues
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- Questions and Answers from Rehabilitation Services Administration Re: COVID-19 Buy FormExhibit 5B
- WHD Fact Sheet #39H: The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Limitations on Payment of Subminimum Wages Under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act Buy FormExhibit 5C
- Questions and Answers: Section 511 of the Rehabilitation Act—Limitations on Use of Subminimum Wage Buy FormChapter 6 expandHealth-Care Access: MassHealth, Medicare, and Mental Health Parity
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- Information on CommonHealth Deductible Buy FormExhibit 6B
- 2021 Original Medicare Costs Buy FormExhibit 6C
- 2021 Medicare Part B Income-Related Premiums and Part D Income-Related Premium Adjustments Buy FormExhibit 6D
- Medicare Part D Cost Sharing for 2021 Buy FormExhibit 6E
- Medicare Appeals Process Comparison Chart Buy FormExhibit 6F
- The 2021 QMB, SLMB, and QI Programs Buy FormChapter 7 expandEnsuring Equal Access to Public Services, Programs, and Activities
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- Summary of Laws Prohibiting Discrimination Buy FormChapter 8 expandEnsuring Equal Access to Public Accommodations
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- Summary of Laws Prohibiting Discrimination Buy FormChapter 9 expandAccess to Transportation
Buy ChapterChapter 10 expandInvoluntary Civil Commitment
Buy ChapterChapter 11 expandRights in Inpatient Mental Health Settings
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Buy ChapterChapter 13 expandAdvocacy for Community Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
Buy ChapterChapter 14 expandAdult Guardianship, Conservatorship, Substituted Judgment, and Alternatives
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