A request for a reserved, on-site, free parking space is a request for an accommodation under the ADA even though it does not relate to the performance of essential job functions, according to a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Feist v. State of Louisiana, (5th Cir. Sept.
Courts Split on Employer’s ADA Obligation to Accommodate Commute
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Reversing summary judgment for the employer, the Second Circuit said that “in certain circumstances, an employer may have an obligation to assist in an employee’s commute” to work as a reasonable accommodation. The Court cited its observation in an earlier decision that “there is nothing inherently unreasonable…in requiring an employer to furnish an otherwise qualified…