Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, an employer is only required to provide a reasonable accommodation, not the accommodation preferred by the employee. This is even true when the employee seeks to work with an accommodation, but the employer reasonably believes that a leave of absence is best.

This scenario was most recently addressed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Diaz v. Philadelphia , 2012 US Dist. Lexis 66326 (May 10, 2012) (Surrick, J.).

Alleged Harassment leads to psychological issues