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Do you have an injured employee requesting to work from home? Watch this video to learn if you have to agree, then contact our Media PA lawyers today.
Question:
If one of my workers has been injured and asks to work from home, do I have to agree?
Answer:
If one of your employees suffers an injury and requires surgery that prevents him or her from driving to work for several months, the situation may constitute a disability under the ADA, which requires reasonable accommodations, if possible.
As the employer, you must engage in good faith communication or dialog with the employee to determine what, if any need for reasonable accommodation exists. That being said, the reasonable accommodation can’t change the job description. If you have a manufacturing plant and it requires the presence of the employee on the floor operating certain machinery, for that employee reasonable accommodation will not be working from home.
However, if the job in question is more of a marketing or PR type job or even a lawyer, you may need to permit the employee to work from home for a certain amount of time, so long as they still perform the essential functions of the job.
Do you have questions about what to do about an injured employee requesting to work from home? Contact our experienced Media, PA Employment Law Attorneys for a free consultation.
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