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The Unicorn of Accommodation Cases: The Disabled Worker Who Refused to Telework

Most accommodation cases start with an employee asking to stay home.This one features the rare unicorn: a disabled worker who fought for the right to come in. TL;DR: A disabled IRS employee sued under the Rehabilitation Act after the agency required telework duri

ng COVID and turned down his request for indefinite leave until the office reopened. The Eleventh Circuit upheld summary judgment for the IRS because he failed to challenge both reasons the lower court gave for dismissing the case: (1) he never explained how his medical conditions required leave, and (2) open-ended leave is not a reasonable accommodation. 📄Read the decision

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