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Reasonable Accommodation
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Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
EEOC Letter Comments on Substance of ADA Forms
To add structure to the often amorphous process of obtaining and evaluating requests for accommodations, employers seeking compliance, efficiency and consistency have developed forms to assist their efforts. In an…
Virginia Condominium & Homeowners' Association Law Blog
Animals and the Fair Housing Act
By mainman
There is often confusion about when animals must be accommodated when owned by a handicapped owner who applies for an exception to a pet rule. The Fair Housing Act…
HR Defense
Do Employers Have to Offer Telecommuting as a Reasonable Accommodation?
Regular attendance is an essential function of most jobs. Thus, employers generally do not have to accommodate employees whose disability prevents them from regularly attending their job. But a recent…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Sixth Circuit and Essential Functions
The Sixth Circuit recently weighed in on whether physical presence is an essential function of a job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. E.E.O.C. v. Ford Motor Co., 2014 WL…
Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Michigan Employers Must Consider Telecommuting as a Reasonable Accommodation
By Jason Shinn
Under a recent federal court ruling, Michigan employers must be prepared to consider telecommuting as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for an employee under a 4/22/2014 court…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Telecommuting May Be A Reasonable Accommodation, Even For Jobs With “Teamwork” Requirements
On April 22, 2014, the Sixth Circuit reversed the district court’s dismissal of an ADA case against Ford Motor Company, finding that there was a fact issue as to whether…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: NCAA, More on Telecommuting, BizDev Guidance
There is no better way to finish the week than wrapping up work and then heading down to the ballpark. But before I do, our last Top 10 of the…
Employment & Labor
Is Telecommuting The New Mainstream Reasonable Accommodation Under The ADA? The Sixth Circuit Changes Course On This Issue
By Caroline A. Keller and Gerald L. Maatman Jr. While the ADA does not explicitly list telecommuting as a reasonable accommodation, the EEOC guidelines for disability accommodations under the ADA…
Employer Law Report
Sixth Circuit reverses course and holds that telecommuting may be a reasonable accommodation
Courts in the past, including in the Sixth Circuit (which includes Ohio), have held that telecommuting is not required as a reasonable accommodation because regular attendance at work on a…
Employment Discrimination Report
Pulmonary Technologist With Usher’s Syndrome Fired By Health Care Provider Settles EEOC Suit For $180,000
The EEOC filed a lawsuit last year which alleged that a leading health care provider in Maryland violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation…