As all employers should well know by now, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and many state and local counterparts may require employers to engage in an interactive process in response to a disabled employee’s request for a workplace accommodation. A recent ruling by the First Circuit Court of Appeals illustrates why employers have a very strong financial incentive to be proactive in adopting and rigorously enforcing their disability accommodation policies.
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Ignoring Employee ADA Accommodation Requests Can Be Costly – A Cautionary Tale Posted on: February 22, 2021 In: Labor & Employment
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Fourth Circuit Clarifies Employers Not Required to Abandon “Disability Neutral” Competitive Hiring Systems to Reassign Disabled Employee Posted on: February 17, 2021 In: Labor & Employment
The Americans with Disabilities Act’s (ADA) reasonable accommodation duty often creates frustrating uncertainty for employers and employees. Reassignment, a term used in the ADA’s statutory language as an example of a potential reasonable accommodation, is fraught with uncertainty when evaluated by employers and employees as a potential accommodation. The Fourth Circuit recently addressed the reassignment dilemma in Ellege v. Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC.
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