Employers often worry that a good-f
aith effort to keep an injured employee working will later be used against them as proof they “could have accommodated” the employee indefinitely. A recent Sixth Circuit decision draws a clear line between temporary flexibility and permanent obligation. TL;DR: The Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment on a failure-to-accommodate claim where a corrections officer returned from an on-duty inju
ry with restrictions including “sitting job only, office