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:  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: 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 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 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:  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 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 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