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Telecommuting becomes a more reasonable ADA accommodation every year

March 14, 2018

Via: HR Dive
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The Americans with Disabilities Act’s (ADA) broad language leaves plenty of room for advancements in technology; offering a nonexhaustive list of potential accommodations, its drafters likely were aware that they could not predict the accommodations that would be possible in the future.

Instead, the task of determining whether a specific accommodation is “reasonable” often falls to the courts, which must look at the specific facts of each situation. So it’s no surprise that we’re seeing — and, presumably, will increasingly see — courts hold that telecommuting can be a reasonable accommodation.

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