Some workers are asserting they have disabilities that necessitate they work from home full time—a new line of attack that reflects the strong resistance a sizable slice of employees are showing to in-the-office mandates.
June 06, 2022 at 07:03 AM
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Some workers are so unhappy about returning to the office that they’re playing a legal card—asserting that they have a disability that necessitates that they work from home full time, employment attorneys say.
“Many are arguing COVID-related reasons, but it doesn’t have to be,” said David Barron, a member of the law firm Cozen O’Connor in Houston. “It could be some other type of disability that would warrant a reasonable accommodation to work from home.”
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