Employee’s U.S. High Court Petition Seeks Ruling On Triggering Interactive Process

Mealey's (April 19, 2023, 7:22 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An employee whose request to telework due to childbirth-related “complications” was denied filed a petition in the U.S. Supreme Court after her request was found to be insufficient by the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a November opinion addressing a question of first impression and finding that an employer’s duty to provide an accommodation under the Rehabilitation Act is triggered only when an employee makes a specific accommodation demand and shows that an accommodation is reasonable....