The Labor Dish tackled leave as a reasonable accommodation in 2015 (When Is Enough Leave Enough). Based upon the law at that time, our post suggested that less than 6 months of leave is seldom enough and that more than 18 months is too much. But a 2017 decision from the Seventh Circuit totally restructures … Continue Reading
Disability discrimination cases seem to be the flavor of the day. Given the flood of disability discrimination cases, how can employers know how much leave is reasonable? And when can an employer safely say, “this leave of absence conversation is over”? Employees, like the fisherman’s wife in the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale, The Fisherman and … Continue Reading
