HR Compliance for Employers: Workplace Best Practices, Legal Requirements & Litigation Lessons

SHRM's ADA Accommodation Failure: What Employers Can Learn Before It's Too Late
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SHRM's ADA Accommodation Failure: What Employers Can Learn Before It's Too Late

SHRM — the organization that certifies HR professionals and advises employers on ADA compliance — is headed to trial on disability discrimination and failure to accommodate claims after rescinding a job offer when a candidate with Type 1 Diabetes requested to bring her trained service dog to the office. The case is a masterclass in what not to do: no undue hardship analysis, no interactive process, shifting legal rationales, and a litigation argument that implicitly suggests being conscious and alert aren't essential job functions. Here's what every employer should take from it.

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