Marta Fernandez got a call earlier this year from a client with a weight problem. Her client, a hotel and resort chain, was troubled about how to handle a request by an obese employee at one of its California properties. Required to walk the grounds as part of her job, the worker wanted to use one of the company’s golf carts to get around.
The employee was asking for an accommodation for her disability — obesity. Fernandez, a partner at Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell, was quick to offer advice: Do it.
