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Reasonable Accommodation
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Employment Law Letter
Connecticut Appellate Court Affirms: Applying for Disability Benefits Does Not Equal a Leave Request
By Tom Owen
A recent decision from the Connecticut Appellate Court provides employers with important guidance on disability discrimination claims under the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act (CFEPA). In Stuart Hanke v. Electric Boat…
The Employer Handbook Blog
ADA Risk: Undoing a Working Accommodation After Years of Success
A new manager walks in, looks at a long-standing accommodation, and decides it’s over. The employee had been doing the job successfully for years. That’s where the risk starts. TL;DR:…
Texas Employment Lawyer
My Employer Failed to Accommodate Me. What to do Next?
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employers with 15 or more employees must not discriminate against qualified employees on the basis of disability. A central component of this obligation…
Manufacturing Law Blog
Driving Home the Point – Accommodating Employee Commutes
By Abby Warren, Christopher Costain
While employers are typically aware of their obligations to engage in the interactive process in response to reasonable accommodation requests due to disability under federal and state law, employers may…
The Employer Handbook Blog
“Focus on Your Health” Is Not a Lawful Reason to Fire Someone
Whatever the actual reason for firing an employee, the written explanation becomes evidence. A Mississippi restaurant is about to find out what that means. TL;DR: The EEOC has sued a…
Texas Employment Lawyer
When Delay Becomes Denial: Unreasonable Delay in the ADA Accommodations Process in the Fifth Circuit.
As a workers’ rights employment attorney practicing in Texas, one of the most common frustrations I hear from employees with disabilities sounds like this: “My employer didn’t deny my accommodation—they…
The Employer Handbook Blog
When the accommodation request admits the problem
Sometimes the accommodation request itself tells the whole story. In a recent Fourth Circuit Rehabilitation Act decision, a federal air marshal asked to stay in a ground-based role permanently…
HR Defense
The Employer’s Winter Games: New York’s Q1 2026 Legal Update
By Colby Berman
Much like the season’s unpredictable snowstorms, recent developments in New York’s state and local employment laws have arrived quickly and with the potential to disrupt even the most carefully charted…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Remote Work Accommodation Requests: What Private Employers Can Learn from the EEOC’s FAQs
By Katharine C. Weber, Joseph J. Lynett
The EEOC recently published an FAQ-style technical assistance document addressing telework accommodations for federal employees with disabilities. Read more about what lessons this offers to private sector employers: EEOC’s Recent…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Reasonable Accommodation Lessons From the EEOC’s New Telework Guidance
By By: Fiona W. Ong, Tina M. Bengs, Publisher, Charles L. Thompson IV
As return-to-office mandates rise, so, too, do employee requests for telework accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). On February 11, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)…