Disabled by Association: California Federal Courts Consider Whether FEHA Supports Workplace Accommodations Based on Another Person's Disability

In 2025, three federal district courts in California addressed the same open question and reached a similar conclusion: that under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”), California employers may be required to engage in the interactive process and potentially provide reasonable accommodations to caretaker employees who are not disabled themselves, but who request accommodations to care for other disabled persons.... By: Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass