The duty to accommodate disability in the workplace has both procedural and substantive aspects. It is not enough for an employer to merely arrive at the right result; the process in getting there is equally important.
In his latest contribution to First Reference Talks (a collaborative HR and employment law advisory blog), Andrew Vey looks at the case of an employer who denied an accommodation request based solely on assumptions about health and safety risks. This resulted in a breach of the procedural duty to accommodate and a remedial order of $59,697.12.
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