To Grant, or not to Grant? How Employers Should Determine Whether an ADA Accommodation Request is Reasonable?
Wednesday, 30 August 2023
The phrases “Americans with Disabilities Act” (ADA) and “reasonable accommodation” go hand in hand, but the decision of whether or not an accommodation is legally “reasonable” is not so intuitive. As the recent case Hannah v. United Parcel Service (UPS) describes, “an accommodation is not reasonable if it does not ‘enable[] the employee to perform
- Published in ADA, Labor & Employment
No Comments
Fourth Circuit Finds for Employer in ADA Employment Discrimination Case: Employee Isn’t a Qualified Individual
Tuesday, 15 March 2022
In a recent case, the Fourth Circuit found for the employer, holding the former employee couldn’t establish his claims of hostile work environment or wrongful termination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Here, the court determined that the employee was not a “qualified individual” under the ADA and couldn’t establish sufficiently severe or pervasive
- Published in ADA
Fourth Circuit Finds in Favor of Employer in ADA Case: Employee Couldn’t Perform Essential Functions of Job With Reasonable Accommodation
Monday, 21 December 2020
In a recent case, the Fourth Circuit found an employee was not able to establish that he could perform the essential functions of his job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The court ruled in favor of the employer after finding the company “extended reasonable accommodations” acting at every stage to ensure that the employee’s
- Published in ADA, Labor & Employment