Sentences with phrase «accommodation obligations»

A: Smaller employers, in my experience, take on the reasonable accommodation obligation voluntarily.

Smaller employers, in my experience, take on the reasonable accommodation obligation voluntarily.

If an employer has reasonable basis to question the adequacy and reliability of the medical information provided by the employee and the legitimacy of the related accommodation proposed by the employee, seeking an IME to appropriately fulfill accommodation obligations to the employee is reasonable.

Mr. de Blasio's proposal would also have eliminated the requirement that new senior buildings create new parking, or slash the car accommodation obligation by 90 percent, depending on whether the facility is in a «transit zone» — that is, an area where relatively few seniors drive.

The Court noted that the only consequence of mere identification of an absence record in excess of the average under the NAMP was supervisory review of the legitimacy of the absences and / or identification of potential accommodation obligations.

The Tribunal's critique of persuasive authorities on the law of family status accommodations may be a bellwether of employers» expanding accommodation obligations.

In Daugherty v. City of El Paso, the Fifth Circuit held that an employee, a diabetic bus driver, was not a «qualified individual with disability,» and that the city's failure to reassign him did not violate the ADA's reasonable accommodation obligation, absent evidence he was treated differently from other part - time employees whose jobs were eliminated.

It is often difficult to determine at what point the accommodation obligation has ended because the employer has accommodated the employee's disability - related limitations to the point of undue hardship.

The workplace standard substantially interferes with the person's ability to satisfy the legal obligation to the child under care (i.e. being a few minutes late to pick up a child from daycare once in a while would not trigger the accommodation obligation).

Ultimately the Aboriginal group will not have a veto, but the Crown must meet its consultation and accommodation obligations.

To fulfill its accommodation obligation, an employer needs, and is entitled to, medical opinion from the employee's treating physician that adequately sets out prognosis information including:

To conduct a review, in full partnership and consultation with Indigenous Peoples, of laws, policies, and operational practices to ensure that the Crown is fully executing its consultation and accommodation obligations, in accordance with its constitutional and international human rights obligations, including Aboriginal and Treaty rights.

In the Fisher case, the Tribunal determined that the University satisfied its accommodation obligations.

The accommodation obligation begins when an employer is, or ought to be, aware of the need for accommodation, and might take many forms as an employee's family status and attendant obligations evolve over time.

Our team is committed to helping organizations understand and satisfy their accommodation obligations on a proactive basis, before non-compliance results in potential damages and penalties for violations of federal or provincial legislation.

[255] In meeting their accommodation obligations, employers should seek out the alternatives that least intrude on the rights of others: Hamilton Police Association v. Hamilton Police Services Board, 2005 CanLII 20788 (ON SCDC); Renaud, supra note 208.