Employers win big in 2 disability cases
The article discusses a disability case involving an employee of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and alleged violations of the Rehabilitation Act.
With 3 good lessons for the rest of us. Win No. 1: Weakest reasonable accommodation case ever? Probably not, alas, but it was still pretty darned weak. An employee of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (we’ll call her “Paulina”) claimed that the CBP violated the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. (The Rehab Act is the equivalent of the Americans with Disabilities Act for the federal government, federal contractors, and some employers who receive federal funds.)... By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP