ADA Accommodation Requests Should Not Violate Bona Fide Seniority Systems
- Topics:
- Disability Insurance
- Tags:
- Accommodation,
- Americans With Disabilities Act,
- Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA),
- Gender And Diversity,
- Human Resources,
- Reed Elsevier Inc.,
- Seniority System
- Source:
- Reed Elsevier
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Overview: A recent decision by the United States Supreme Court addresses the conflicts that sometimes occur between a seniority system and a disabled employee's request for "reasonable" accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Court held that employers are entitled to a rebuttable presumption that an accommodation is unreasonable if it would violate the employer's bona fide seniority system for job assignments.
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Format: HTML | Date: Jul 2003 | Pages: 1
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