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Ford Motor Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Telecommuting

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Is Telecommuting A Reasonable Accommodation? It Depends.

Here are 10 questions to help you think it through. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires, in appropriate circumstances, that employers make reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. A common question...more

Troutman Pepper

Telecommuting May Not Always Be a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA

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An en banc panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (Court) recently upheld the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Ford Motor Company in EEOC v. Ford Motor Company, on the basis that telecommuting was not...more

Baker Donelson

Even Under the ADA, Some Jobs Require Being On-Site; Court of Appeals Decision Offers Lessons

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Last month in EEOC v. Ford Motor Co., 782 F.3d 753 (6th Cir. 2015) (en banc), the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found that a Ford employee was not qualified for her job under the ADA because she was not...more

K&L Gates LLP

Sixth Circuit Sides with Ford Motor Company in ADA Telecommuting Case

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Employers often grapple with what constitutes a reasonable accommodation under the American with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). This issue becomes increasingly complex when evaluating whether telecommuting is an appropriate and...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Sixth Circuit Rejects EEOC's Demand for Telecommuting as ADA Accommodation

Last year, a panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held 2-1 that the Americans with Disabilities Act required Ford Motor Company to allow a buyer with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to possibly telecommute up to four...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Is Telecommuting A Reasonable Accommodation, Or Is It Not?

In the context of a lawsuit brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a recent court decision says that “regular attendance” is an essential function of the job. But what is “regular attendance”?...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Employers Can Decide That Physical Presence at the Workplace is an Essential Function

On April 10, 2015, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited en banc decision in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Ford Motor Company following a vacated panel decision from April 2014 in which a...more

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En Banc Sixth Circuit Decision Holds that Telecommuting Was Not a Reasonable Accommodation Under the Americans with Disabilities...

Last Friday, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc held that telecommuting up to four days a week was not a reasonable accommodation under the ADA for a disabled Ford Motor Co. employee. The decision, EEOC v....more

Franczek P.C.

Sixth Circuit Holds Telecommuting Not a Reasonable Accommodation Where Regular and Predictable On-Site Job Attendance is an...

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Courts have repeatedly recognized that “regular job attendance” is an essential function of most jobs that need not be altered in order to reasonably accommodate a disabled employee. This common sense notion, however, has...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Thanks, Ford! Hard-Fought Win Against EEOC In ADA-Telecommuting Case Is Welcome News For All Employers

Last Friday, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found in favor of Ford Motor Company in a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. ...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Unreasonably Sporadic Telecommuting

One year ago, we reported on the Sixth Circuit’s ruling that telecommuting could be a reasonable accommodation for a resale steel buyer at Ford suffering from irritable bowel syndrome. There, the employee requested to...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

BREAKING: 6th Circuit Will Rehear Ford Telecommuting/Reasonable Accommodation Case

Law 360 reports this morning that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has agreed to rehear the EEOC v. Ford Motor Co. case, which I reported on (and disagreed with) in April. The original decision, holding that...more

Troutman Pepper

Is Telecommuting a More ‘Reasonable’ Accommodation Under the ADA?

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On April 22, 2014, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in EEOC v. Ford Motor Company reviewed whether a telecommuting arrangement could be a reasonable accommodation for an employee suffering from a debilitating disability....more

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation

Home Sweet Home: 6th Circuit Rules that Showing up for Work is not Required

Changes in telecommuting practices may be around the corner for many employers, as the recent 2-1 decision in EEOC v. Ford Motor Co., 2014 FED App. 0082P (6th Cir. 2014) may usher in significant changes in what constitutes a...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Fenwick Employment Brief - May 2014

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Disability Accommodation Through Telecommuting More Reasonable In Modern Workplace - In EEOC v. Ford Motor Company, the federal Sixth Circuit appellate court (covering Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee) recently...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Sixth Circuit Sides With EEOC And Holds That Telecommuting May Be A Reasonable Accommodation Under The ADA

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In EEOC v. Ford Motor Co., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that a jury will determine whether Ford was required to allow an employee with irritable bowel syndrome to telecommute as a reasonable...more

McAfee & Taft

Advances in technology require another look at telecommuting as a reasonable accommodation

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The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals revived an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) suit brought on behalf of an ex-Ford Motor Company worker, showing that courts are warming to telecommuting as an ADA accommodation. As a...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Can Telecommuting Be A Reasonable Accommodation Under The ADA?

Last month, in EEOC v. Ford Motor Company, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (covering Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan) held for the first time that employers may be required to permit employees to telecommute as a...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

New Decision Highlights Courts' Growing Acceptance of Telecommuting as ADA Accommodation

When the Americans with Disabilities Act became law in the early 1990s, employers and federal courts were confronted with claims by disabled employees that telecommuting should be recognized as a required form of reasonable...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Do Employers Have To Offer Telecommuting As A Reasonable Accommodation?

Regular attendance is an essential function of most jobs. Thus, employers generally do not have to accommodate employees whose disability prevents them from regularly attending their job....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Employment Law Commentary -- Volume 26, Issue 4 -- April 2014

In This Issue: - EEOC v. Ford Motor Company: Is Telecommuting A Reasonable Accommodation After All? Over a year ago, we published an Employment Law Commentary on Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”)...more

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Federal Appeals Court Rules for EEOC in its Disability Discrimination Case Against Ford Motor

Agency Charged Automaker Denied Employee the Chance to Telework; Sixth Circuit Agrees Case Should Go Forward - WASHINGTON -- The majority of a panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided...more

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