One more thing about EEOC v. Ford Motor Company (6th Cir. April 22, 2014). (See previous posts about that case here and here.) We have posted about the growing number of court decisions recognizing that the impact on co-workers of a plaintiff’s requested accommodation is a factor in the undue hardship analysis. See here
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Temporary and Rotating Position Not “Vacant” for Purposes of ADA’s Accommodation of Last Resort
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
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We haveposted previously about the ADA’s “accommodation of last resort”: when an employee cannot perform the essential functions of his or her position, with or without an accommodation, due to a disability, an employer must consider transferring the employee to a vacant lateral or lower position for which the employee is qualified.
Whether a …