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Reasonable Accommodation
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Employment Law Worldview
Is Working From Home A Reasonable Accommodation?
As previously noted here, employers are required to provide qualified individuals who have a disability with a reasonable accommodation absent an undue hardship. Whether working from home is a reasonable…
Employer Law Report
Eighth Circuit Holds Shift Rotation Can Be An Essential Job Function
By Brian Hall
Two of the more difficult reasonable accommodation requests that employers see are requests to be excused from shift and/or job rotation requirements. Last week, the federal Eighth Circuit Court of…
Employment Law Watch
Seventh Circuit Joins Tenth and DC Circuits in Requiring Employers to Place Disabled Workers in Vacant Jobs
By Hannah L. Sorcic, Betty S.W. Graumlich
Late last week, following a recent trend, the Seventh Circuit overturned its own long-standing precedent to now hold that the Americans with Disabilities Act’s (ADA) "reasonable accommodation" provision requires employers…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
Court Sends Message To EEOC: Employer Is Given Deference In Accommodation Decision
By Christopher J. DeGroff, Gerald Maatman, Jr.
Recently, in EEOC v. Ford Motor Co., No. 11-CV-13742 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 10, 2012), Judge John O’Meara of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan rejected the EEOC’s…
Employment & Labor
Court Sends Message To EEOC: Employer Is Given Deference In Accommodation Decision
By Christopher DeGroff and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Recently, in EEOC v. Ford Motor Co., No. 11-CV-13742 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 10, 2012), Judge John O’Meara of the U.S. District Court…
Employment Law Worldview
Is Transferring To A Different Position A Reasonable Accommodation Under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), employers must provide a reasonable accommodation to a qualified individual who has a disability absent an undue hardship to the employer. The ADA…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Plaintiff With Many Chemical and Other Sensitivities Not Qualified Under Rehab Act
A plaintiff with chemical or other sensitivities alleging disability discrimination is not unusual. The typical claim is that such a plaintiff, despite such sensitivities, is a qualified individual with a…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Seventh Circuit Holds Reassignment Likely to Be Reasonable Accommodation under ADA
The Seventh Circuit issued an important decision on Friday in EEOC v. United Airlines, No. 11-1774. Through an unusual procedural device, the court overruled prior precedent and held that under…
FMLA Insights
An “Indefinite Reprieve” of Essential Functions of Job Not a Reasonable Accommodation under the ADA
By Jeff Nowak
In light of the EEOC's litigation over automatic termination provisions under the ADA (we've beaten you over the head with it here and here), employers generally feel as though they have no clue as…
Understanding the ADA
How might you know when more leave is a reasonable accommodation once FMLA leave has been used up?
There are several laws out there that intersect with the Americans with Disabilities Act. One of them is the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). That law intersects with the…