The Supreme Court yesterday continued to narrow the Americans With Disabilities Act, ruling that, in most circumstances, employers do not have to disturb an established seniority system to accommodate the needs of a disabled worker.
The 5-4 ruling in U.S. Airways v. Barnett, No. 00-1250, means that the airline does not have to give disabled San Francisco baggage handler Robert Barnett a mail room job as a “reasonable accommodation” under the law, when two employees with more seniority were also seeking the same job.
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