Five ‘Reasonable Accommodations’ an Employer Never Dreamed It Would Have to Make
20th July 2012
The ADA is one of the reasons that George H.W. Bush will burn in Hell.
My favorite:
Extra time to take a promotional examination. Dan Schwartz of the excellent Connecticut Employment Law Blog has reported that the City of Stamford, Connecticut, got nailed a few years ago for not allowing a firefighter with Attention Deficit Disorder to have extra time to complete an examination required for promotion. The City said that time was of the essence when fighting a fire, but the state Human Rights Office contended that the City didn’t present enough evidence to support its position.
Emphasis added, just so it’s obvious what a crock this is. It ought to be obvious to anybody with a greater-than-room-temperature IQ that time is of the essence when fighting a fire, but the Benefit Bureaucrats obviously don’t meet that standard.