Employment – Reasonable accommodation

By New England In-House Staff
Posted: 12:39 pm Wed, May 2, 2012
TAGS: April 30 2012 issue

When analyzing whether an employer provided a reasonable accommodation, a court should take a “totality of the circumstances” approach and consider whether a combination of accommodations provided by the employer was reasonable.

Sánchez-Rodríguez v. AT&T Mobility Puerto Rico, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 01-063-12) (32 pages) (Torruella, J.) (1st Circuit) Appealed from the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (Docket No. 10-2177) (March 8, 2012).