Want to learn more about the use of leave as an accommodation under the Americans With Disabilities Act? The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity will discuss the topic at a meeting next week.
In implementing and enforcing the ADA, the commission makes clear that leave may be a required workplace accommodation for employees with disabilities. In the appendix to its regulations, the EEOC states that “an employer … may, in appropriate circumstances, have to consider the provision of leave to an employee with a disability as a reasonable accommodation, unless the provision of leave would impose an undue hardship.”
The commission will explain its position on leave as a workplace accommodation and then hear from a panel of employment law attorneys and representatives from disability rights organizations who will offer guidance to employers on complying with relevant regulations.
The meeting, which will be open to the public, will be held Wednesday, June 8 at the EEOC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.