07 June 2014

• “Inflexible Leave Policy is Fair, Lawful and Protects Disabled Employees, Says Tenth Circuit”


”The EEOC has sued numerous employers, alleging that their 'inflexible leave policies' were unlawful because they did not take into account the possibility of the employer’s providing additional leave as a reasonable accommodation. Those employers have agreed to pay, literally, millions of dollars to settle those cases. We have posted about those settlements. See here.

”But now, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has not only rejected the idea that inflexible leave policies are inherently discriminatory….”

Note: Case applies solely to the Tenth Circuit, and, there may be a lot more heard about this issue.

See the complete report at this link: JacksonLewis.com


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