Imagine there is an employee who is considered disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act who has requested and been given a long-term accommodation, such as a later start time because she needs to let her attention deficit and bipolar medications kick in.
Then after two and a half years, the company changes management and without explanation withdraws her 10 a.m. start time. As Eric B. Meyer explains on The Employer Handbook, this scenario indeed happened and the employee, Anna Isbell, filed a failure-to-accommodate claim under the ADA against John Crane Inc.
