About Kathy Kapusta

Kathleen Kapusta is an attorney and Senior Employment Law Analyst with over 25 years of experience covering employment law for Wolters Kluwer. A contributor to a number of other employment law publications including wage-hour and human resources titles, prior to joining Employment Law Daily full time, Kathy has a particular interest in employment at-will.
Recent posts by Kathy Kapusta:
- Top labor and employment developments for March 2020, May 02, 2020
- Top labor and employment developments for July 2019, Aug 23, 2019
- Top labor and employment developments in June 2018, Jul 13, 2018
- Top labor and employment developments in January 2018, Feb 08, 2018
- FMLA notice’s failure to include job restoration rights might be interference if employee prejudiced, Aug 10, 2016
- Favorable judgment on merits not required to be ‘prevailing’ party, SCOTUS says, May 20, 2016
- BMI, ADA and disability discrimination, Feb 25, 2016
- No employer liability for ‘despicable’ Facebook post about customer, Feb 01, 2016
- For transgender workers, not a transformative year, Dec 23, 2015
- Family responsibilities, dentist appointments, and sex discrimination, oh my!, Sep 15, 2015
- Allergies in and to the workplace, Jul 15, 2015
- ADA accommodation must be effective, not most effective for each employee, Jun 10, 2015
- Disability discrimination by association, Apr 09, 2015
- Handbook statement on FMLA eligibility creates potential employer liability, Feb 05, 2015
- Beware the cat’s paw, Jan 06, 2015
- Can intermittent FMLA leave be used to eliminate mandatory overtime requirement?, Oct 23, 2014
- Invoking FMLA’s right to return to work, Sep 23, 2014
- Cop with ADHD: Cantankerous jerk or disabled under ADA?, Aug 21, 2014
- Failure to implement policy may prove costly, even in absence of specific complaint, Jul 22, 2014
- “You people” may be setting up your employer for liability, Jun 12, 2014
- Applying conduct rules to an employee with a disability: The case of the potato chip “thief”, Apr 29, 2014
- “Childbearing capacity” discrimination, Mar 20, 2014
- Did drawing the line in associational retaliation cases just get a little bit harder?, Feb 18, 2014
- Harassment based on nonconformance with gender stereotypes, Jan 23, 2014
- Do you have an “honest suspicion” of FMLA leave abuse?, Dec 03, 2013
- USERRA’s escalator principle and discretionary promotions, Oct 23, 2013
- Sleeping on the job: terminate or accommodate?, Sep 19, 2013
- Be careful what you write, Aug 13, 2013
- Height as a disability: Employee advances claim based on short stature, Jul 09, 2013
- Politics in the workplace can lead to more than just strange bedfellows, Jun 04, 2013
- Can single use of n-word establish a hostile work environment?, Apr 30, 2013