JD Supra

ADA Speed Bump Ahead: Steer Clear of Eliminating Essential Functions

When is driving an essential function of a job? What if the employee drives herself to customers’ homes to provide services and now wants to use alternative modes of transportation? What if the ...
HR Dive

ADA may require accommodation even if not strictly necessary, 2nd Circuit says

Prohibited discrimination under the ADA includes, absent undue hardship to the employer, “not making reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified ...
JD Supra

Accommodation may be required even if “essential functions” can be performed without

Interesting decision this week from a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. A high school math teacher (we’ll call her “Ms. Plantagenet”) had post-traumatic stress ...
HR Dive

EEOC: Employer refused remote work for employee who had stroke, violating ADA

Working on site was not an essential function of the employee’s job responding to customer inquiries, according to the lawsuit. Remote work has been around since before the COVID-19 lockdown, when ...