By Meghan Droste, October 14, 2020 Last month, we looked at Cecille W. v. U.S. Postal Service, in which the Commission held the agency failed to accommodate the complainant because it looked only to the position description, and did not conduct an individualized...
By Meghan Droste, September 16, 2020 This month, I return to our ongoing review of important issues related to reasonable accommodation requests. Unfortunately, I have seen agencies too often make very avoidable mistakes when it comes to responding to requests for...
By Meghan Droste, August 19, 2020 Last month, the return-to-work efforts at several federal agencies made the news, with employees and some members of the Senate expressing concerns about the safety of these plans. With the ongoing risks of the coronavirus still...
By Meghan Droste, July 15, 2020 In last month’s Tips From the Other Side, I covered the factors the Commission uses to determine how long is too long to providing a reasonable accommodation. (Quick recap: It depends, but you should move as quickly as possible. The...
By Meghan Droste, June 17, 2020 How long is too long to wait? As with so many things that we do in the practice of law, the answer is: It depends. If we’re talking about morning caffeine, an hour might be too long for many of us. If we’re talking about seeing the new...
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