Prison Guard Gets Disability Bias Trial Over Mandatory Overtime

Delaware County, Pa., must face trial on whether it discriminated against a long-time correctional officer by denying her an accommodation from its mandatory overtime rule and firing her.

A jury must weigh whether working mandatory overtime really was an essential job function for all correctional officers at the George Hill Correctional facility after the county took over operation from a private contractor, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said. The county made that move because of staffing issues at the facility, the court said.

There’s competing evidence on whether some correctional officers worked none or insignificant ...