Lauren Weber
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740 appearances
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first heard Jul 2017
last heard Dec 2024
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The employer is required to engage in what's known as the interactive process.
So it's a legal requirement that employers basically negotiate.
Now, it doesn't mean that an employee will get the first thing that they ask for.
Let's say they want to work from home accommodation.
Maybe they have ADHD and they can't handle the distractions of an office.
An employer can say, instead of working from home, how about if we set you up in this quiet office over here where you'll have fewer distractions?
So it's meant to be a negotiation.
Workers have two different ways that they can file a charge.
The EEOC is the federal agency, and anybody can file a charge there.
That's generally a requirement before you file a lawsuit.
You need to get a letter from the EEOC saying you have a right to sue.
But there are also state agencies like state civil rights commissions or workers' rights commissions where people can also file charges.
And in some cases, state laws are a little bit more
pro-worker than the federal laws, some people may prefer to file charges in their state agency.
Disability was a big source of claims.
You know, you can file claims based on any kind of discrimination.
Disability is one of them.
And one thing that was interesting that I heard from disability advocates was that people with disabilities have been fighting for remote work accommodations for decades.
But the pandemic is really what changed everything because for so many workers and employers, they adapted quickly.
They didn't.
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