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Employment – Failure to accommodate claim proceeds to trial

Where the evidence suggested a man who could no longer work as a pest control technician following a workplace accident could have performed the essential functions of customer ser...

Look Before You Leave: 4th Circuit Encourages Other ADA Accommodations

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that an employee could establish a failure to accommodate claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act, where the employee request...

Build Now, Accommodate Later Doesn't Work: Eighth Circuit Rejects ADA Defense to Zoning Violation

A Minnesota county lawfully denied an after-the-fact permit for an unpermitted concrete boat ramp where the landowners raised ADA accommodation only after violating zoning requirem...

4th Circuit revives ADA failure-to-accommodate claim

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a former employee’s failure-to-accommodate claim, finding that a jury could conclude that the employer should have considered reas...

ADA may require reassignment despite worker’s inability to perform essential functions, 4th Circuit says

The law’s "accommodation of last resort” has historically proven difficult for employers to administer.

Florida Firefighter Sues County Over Termination Alleging Failure to Accommodate Disability

A former Sarasota County firefighter has filed suit alleging the county violated federal and state disability-discrimination laws when it terminated him while he was recovering fro...

Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Florida Division Chief’s ADA Failure-to-Accommodate Claim

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated an ADA failure-to-accommodate claim brought by a former division chief against the Ocean City-Wright Fire Control District. Divisio...

Judge recommends trimming EEOC lawsuit, leaving one failure-to-accommodate claim

The magistrate judge found insufficient evidence for EEOC’s retaliation and disparate treatment claims in the 2024 lawsuit.

Must You Show Necessity in a Title II Failure to Accommodate Case? Answer: Maybe Maybe Not

This week’s blog entry deals with a published case from the 11th Circuit decided on August 5, 2026 raising interesting issues about when a Title II entity must provide reasonable m...

Failure to Reasonably Accommodate Religious Beliefs Snares Wildlife Department, Nets Win for Employees (US)

A recent decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit—Cherry et al. v Washington Dep’t of Fish & Wildlife, et al., is a primer in employer obligations...

Accommodating Employees’ 401(k)s

In 2023, the Supreme Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires employers to accommodate employees’ religious practice unless the employer can demonstrate t...

Deaf ambulance driver’s proposed accommodation would’ve posed undue hardship, 1st Circuit affirms

Technology connecting the plaintiff to an American Sign Language interpreter posed safety risks because it could have taken his eyes off of the road, the court said.

No Pseudonymity for Autistic Ex-Judge-Candidate, Alleging Failure to Accommodate Disability in Bar Investigation

From a decision last Tuesday in Doe v. Florida Bar by Magistrate Judge Robert Norway (M.D. Fla.): Plaintiff argues that… The post No Pseudonymity for Autistic Ex-Judge-Candidate, A...

Don’t ‘Leave’ the Interactive Process Too Soon: Fourth Circuit Reminds Employers to Engage in the Interactive Process Be...

In Dieng v. Orkin LLC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit revived an Americans With Disabilities Act failure-to-accommodate claim involving an employee who sought rea...

Motive Matters Most: The Second Circuit Confirms a New Standard for Title VII Religious Accommodation Claims

Bank Beats Disability Bias Suit From Fired Worker With ADHD

An Alabama federal judge tossed a lawsuit Tuesday from an ex-employee who claimed Regions Bank failed to accommodate her attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and then illegally...

Letter: Local job fairs need to accommodate disabled

I attempted to go to the job fair in July, but turned right around after I walked in. I am disabled and need to sit down often. The only places to sit were either outside or reserv...

Failure to Reasonably Accommodate Religious Beliefs Snares Wildlife Department, Nets Win for Employees

In Cherry et al. v. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed dismissal of religious discrimination claims brought by emp...

Second Circuit Clarifies Standard for Religious Discrimination Claims

In Bergin v. New York State Unified Court System, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that to bring a failure to accommodate claim under Title VII of the Civil Ri...

Is Remote Teaching Reasonable? Third Circuit Lessons on Telework Accommodations

if you’ve had to push for disability accommodations, share your experience

It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I’ve been working for a public-sector adjacent organization for more than 10 years, and in the last two in a relative...

Property company refused to complete HAP application

A property management company was found by the Workplace Relations Commission to have discriminated against a woman, by refusing to complete the Housing Assistance Payment applicat...