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Reasonable Accommodation
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Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished in ADA Telecommuting Case
This, my fourth and last post about the Sixth Circuit’s decision in EEOC v. Ford Motor Company (6th Cir. April 22,2014), deals with the adage, variously attributed to Oscar Wilde,…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Impact of Requested ADA Accommodation on Co-Workers a Factor in Undue Hardship Analysis
One more thing about EEOC v. Ford Motor Company (6th Cir. April 22, 2014). (See previous posts about that case here and here.) We have posted about the growing number…
California Employment Law
LSAT and DFEH Settle Reasonable Accommodation Dispute
The Law School Admission Council - a nonprofit that administers the Law School Aptitude Test or LSAT - has settled a dispute with the Department of Justice and California's Department…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Where’s Barnett? “Two-Step” Analysis Missing in ADA Telecommuting Accommodation Case
The Sixth Circuit's decision in EEOC v. Ford Motor Company is so rich with disability management lessons that one post just does not do it justice. So here is my…
Southwest Florida Business and IP Blog
Employment Law IQ: Disability, Termination, and the ADA
Consider this scenario. Cathy works for Clean As a Whistle, Inc. as a janitor. Cathy recently developed a sensitivity to all cleaning chemicals. Initially, Cathy brought in a doctor's note…
Fair Housing Defense
Is There a Complete List of All Available Accommodations?
A reader who works in an apartment leasing office sent me a question related to my previous post which I wanted to answer in this space. The question concerned a resident who…
Minnesota Employer
Sixth Circuit Says Telecommuting May Be Required As a Reasonable Accommodation
Determining what is a reasonable accommodation under state or federal disability law can be one of the most complex issues an employer faces when dealing with employees. The guidelines from…
Fair Housing Defense
Is There a Limit to the Number of Reasonable Accommodation or Reasonable Modification Requests That Can Be Sumitted?
A Fair Housing Defense blog reader asked me an interesting question yesterday. Is there a numerical limit to the number of reasonable accommodation or reasonable modification requests that a resident…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
Can Telecommuting Be a Reasonable Accommodation under the ADA?
By Lee Tankle
Last month, in EEOC v. Ford Motor Company, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (covering Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan) held for the first time that employers may be required…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
When It Comes to ADA Accommodation, Beware the “Barnett Slide”
Dance professionals would never confuse the “one-step” with the “two-step” and neither should employers when it comes to evaluating the reasonableness of a requested accommodation. The two-step analysis comes from…