Category Archives: Reasonable Accommodations
INFERTILITY AND THE AGENCY’S LEGAL OBLIGATION We read a few employment law blogs each week and like to pass along those that might be of interest to federal sector union leaders. The folks at the Ogletree Deakins Law Firm have … Continue reading
SOMETHING TO TELL MEMBERS ABOUT ALLERGIES While they are not the most burdensome medical disabilities, seasonal allergies can slow an employee down, even fog their thinking, and tire them out quickly. That entitles employees to the protection of the ADA … Continue reading
MANAGEMENT’S IMPERIAL VIEW OF ITSELF We don’t hate management; in fact, we believe that both labor and management need to be very skilled at what they do to create a satisfying, effective workplace. But it does raise the hairs on … Continue reading
5 COMMON TYPES OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS Looking through the blogs posted by law firms representing federal employees, we ran across a useful post from PINESFEDERAL, a firm operating out of D.C., Houston and Atlanta. Fedsmill has posted a ton of … Continue reading
WHEN MAGIC WORDS ARE NOT NEEDED Must a federal employee specifically utter the magic words “reasonable accommodation” before an agency is responsible for considering the need for a disability-related accommodation? Here is what EEOC said recently.
EMPLOYEE GETS $890,000 FOR SICK BUILDING EXPOSURE A Dep’t. of Agriculture employee informed the agency that the mold spores in the agency building were causing her significant health problems. When she asked for approval for full-time telework it took the … Continue reading
WHEN DINOSAURS DECIDE FULL-TIME TELEWORK REQUESTS With our apologies to the dinosaur community, we have to say we immediately thought of the stereotypical behemoths when we read about an agency official who decided that “telework was not an entitlement” and … Continue reading
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CBP DEAF TO DEAF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS A person EEOC identifies as Antwan applied to be a Customs & Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialist where he would check for food and plants being brought into the US illegally by travelers or … Continue reading
BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND PANIC ATTACKS Although the jury’s decision already has received wide publicity, it is such an interesting case that we thought we would make sure none of our readers missed it. It seems management forced an employee to … Continue reading
GILBERT & BROIDA RESCUE DISABLED CBP OFFICERS Way back in 2014 we wrote about a Customs and Border Patrol Officer with sleep apnea who asked to not be assigned to night shift or overtime work because his condition required that … Continue reading