An Inconvenient ADA Accommodation—Telecommuting
In its 2005 guidance on working at home, or telecommuting, as a reasonable accommodation, the EEOC said that “[m]any employers have discovered the benefits of allowing employees to work at home through...
View ArticleMiles’ Law at Work in Telework Case Against the EEOC?
With telework as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA in the air as we await anxiously the Sixth Circuit’s en banc decision in EEOC v. Ford Motor Company, a recent decision concerning the EEOC’s...
View ArticleCommon Sense Trumps EEOC’s Position in ADA Telework Case
When I wrote last week that telework was “in the air” because we were anxiously awaiting the en banc Sixth Circuit decision in EEOC v. Ford Motor Company, little did I know that the decision was likely...
View ArticleInk Spilt, Views Split on Attendance as Essential Job Function under ADA
What better place to contemplate the ADA issue of whether coming to work is an essential function of a job than at the recent Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC) Compliance Conference, an...
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