The New York County District Attorney’s Office and Consumer Reports Inc. beat separate lawsuits by employees who were denied continued telework arrangements for disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The rulings are the latest to address when remote work as an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act is unreasonable because it would eliminate an essential function from a worker’s duties.
Judge Denise L. Cote of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected claims by Neeresha Adams, who wanted to perform her victim notification specialist job for the district attorney’s office remotely because her body-mass index ...
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