Illinois Defeats Suit by Worker Over Need for Covid Distancing

An Illinois driver services manager failed with claims she was denied accommodation, forced to take leave, and not allowed to return to work because she couldn’t perform training duties due to disability-related Covid-19 risks.

A part of Sara Helton’s position was to provide, arrange for, or supervise the training of employees at the Monticello, Ill., location of the state’s Driver Services Office, the US District Court for the Central District of Illinois said. Performance of that duty required close contact with the person being trained and Helton’s cardiologist asked that Helton be restricted from duties that placed her within six ...