Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Ford Motor Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 10, 2015No. 12-2484PublishedCited by 342 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to reasonably accommodate their disabled employees; it does not endow all disabled persons with a job — or job schedule — of their choosing. Jane Harris, a Ford Motor Company employee with irritable bowel syndrome, sought a job schedule of her choosing: to work from home on an as-needed basis, up to four days per week. Ford denied her request, deeming regular and predictable on-site attendance essential to Harris’s highly interactive job. Ford’s papers and practices — -and Harris’s three past…
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