Feds Only Reasonable Accomodations

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Anonymous wrote:I’m still waiting on mine. Multiple mental heath conditions that require sleep hygiene and medications not compatible with daily 4 hours spent commuting.

OMG

I’m guessing agencies are going to get flooded with requests based on mental health conditions. They will all get denied.

Well, the ADA doesn’t just disappear because Elon Musk says so. People have rights!

They do, but that doesn’t mean most of these requests are going to be granted.

If they are not granted, all the employee needs to do is hire a lawyer and have them file a lawsuit.

I am amazed that so many people have such huge bank accounts and can afford to sue. These aren’t contingency fee cases.

[Anonymous]

I feel for people, but I do think during Covid people got used to WFH/ being able to run to Target/go for walks/pick up kids and check emails a few times, etc. Be grateful for a job. Many people have been RTO since 2021/2022!

When I was a child my single mom (dad died) had cancer. She went to work and also had doctors appointments, surgery, chemo, etc. I still remember her picking me up from after school at the very end with lit her colostomy bag and kids also being picked up would make fun of her. She didn't complain, was a great and present mom, and went into an office and worked. She ended up dying and we moved in with an aunt who was/never got not married, who went into an office everyday and some weekends.

I learned a lot as kid, could do my own laundry, homework, etc, and was never babied! I see cousins who have parents who basically do/did everything for them. One lives at home at age 29 and refuses to work, two others had their mom write many papers in HS and college for them, and many have their parents pay for their expensive life after they graduated college.

My aunt hired high school babysitters and a neighbor who was a SAHM with similar aged kids to watch us after school and in the summer since camps were too expensive. My grandparents also took us for a couple weeks in the summer.

No one is forcing you to stay at your job. If you don't like RTO then apply elsewhere. It will be hard with so many people out of work, but if you don't like what is required as an employee then leave.

I feel for the people with real things that need to be protected. Being upset you have a 2 hour commute stinks but pushing for an accomodation takes time away from someone who actually needs one.

I did not vote for this, but reading posts on here make me realize so many people are out of touch.

[Anonymous]

I am going to try RTO full time, but if I can't make it work with my health issues, I will request to work a part time schedule. I think that is more likely to be approved quickly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel for people, but I do think during Covid people got used to WFH/ being able to run to Target/go for walks/pick up kids and check emails a few times, etc. Be grateful for a job. Many people have been RTO since 2021/2022!

When I was a child my single mom (dad died) had cancer. She went to work and also had doctors appointments, surgery, chemo, etc. I still remember her picking me up from after school at the very end with lit her colostomy bag and kids also being picked up would make fun of her. She didn't complain, was a great and present mom, and went into an office and worked. She ended up dying and we moved in with an aunt who was/never got not married, who went into an office everyday and some weekends.

I learned a lot as kid, could do my own laundry, homework, etc, and was never babied! I see cousins who have parents who basically do/did everything for them. One lives at home at age 29 and refuses to work, two others had their mom write many papers in HS and college for them, and many have their parents pay for their expensive life after they graduated college.

My aunt hired high school babysitters and a neighbor who was a SAHM with similar aged kids to watch us after school and in the summer since camps were too expensive. My grandparents also took us for a couple weeks in the summer.

No one is forcing you to stay at your job. If you don't like RTO then apply elsewhere. It will be hard with so many people out of work, but if you don't like what is required as an employee then leave.

I feel for the people with real things that need to be protected. Being upset you have a 2 hour commute stinks but pushing for an accomodation takes time away from someone who actually needs one.

I did not vote for this, but reading posts on here make me realize so many people are out of touch.

30-40 years ago, far fewer people could even do their jobs from home. There was no internet. People were using faxes. For someone to work from home would have required far more resources and accommodation on the employer side, and most jobs just wouldn’t be possible. If someone had physical limitations preventing them from working in person, they likely were unable to work at all.

Remote work makes it possible for many disabled people to work who might otherwise be unable to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am going to try RTO full time, but if I can't make it work with my health issues, I will request to work a part time schedule. I think that is more likely to be approved quickly.

I am thinking about this too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel for people, but I do think during Covid people got used to WFH/ being able to run to Target/go for walks/pick up kids and check emails a few times, etc. Be grateful for a job. Many people have been RTO since 2021/2022!

When I was a child my single mom (dad died) had cancer. She went to work and also had doctors appointments, surgery, chemo, etc. I still remember her picking me up from after school at the very end with lit her colostomy bag and kids also being picked up would make fun of her. She didn't complain, was a great and present mom, and went into an office and worked. She ended up dying and we moved in with an aunt who was/never got not married, who went into an office everyday and some weekends.

I learned a lot as kid, could do my own laundry, homework, etc, and was never babied! I see cousins who have parents who basically do/did everything for them. One lives at home at age 29 and refuses to work, two others had their mom write many papers in HS and college for them, and many have their parents pay for their expensive life after they graduated college.

My aunt hired high school babysitters and a neighbor who was a SAHM with similar aged kids to watch us after school and in the summer since camps were too expensive. My grandparents also took us for a couple weeks in the summer.

No one is forcing you to stay at your job. If you don't like RTO then apply elsewhere. It will be hard with so many people out of work, but if you don't like what is required as an employee then leave.

I feel for the people with real things that need to be protected. Being upset you have a 2 hour commute stinks but pushing for an accomodation takes time away from someone who actually needs one.

I did not vote for this, but reading posts on here make me realize so many people are out of touch.

30-40 years ago, far fewer people could even do their jobs from home. There was no internet. People were using faxes. For someone to work from home would have required far more resources and accommodation on the employer side, and most jobs just wouldn’t be possible. If someone had physical limitations preventing them from working in person, they likely were unable to work at all.

Remote work makes it possible for many disabled people to work who might otherwise be unable to.

That’s true. But the majority of people now putting in for RAs to continue permanent or extensive telework somehow managed to come into the office pre pandemic.

The people you are referring to are not the ones all of a sudden seeking accommodations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel for people, but I do think during Covid people got used to WFH/ being able to run to Target/go for walks/pick up kids and check emails a few times, etc. Be grateful for a job. Many people have been RTO since 2021/2022!

When I was a child my single mom (dad died) had cancer. She went to work and also had doctors appointments, surgery, chemo, etc. I still remember her picking me up from after school at the very end with lit her colostomy bag and kids also being picked up would make fun of her. She didn't complain, was a great and present mom, and went into an office and worked. She ended up dying and we moved in with an aunt who was/never got not married, who went into an office everyday and some weekends.

I learned a lot as kid, could do my own laundry, homework, etc, and was never babied! I see cousins who have parents who basically do/did everything for them. One lives at home at age 29 and refuses to work, two others had their mom write many papers in HS and college for them, and many have their parents pay for their expensive life after they graduated college.

My aunt hired high school babysitters and a neighbor who was a SAHM with similar aged kids to watch us after school and in the summer since camps were too expensive. My grandparents also took us for a couple weeks in the summer.

No one is forcing you to stay at your job. If you don't like RTO then apply elsewhere. It will be hard with so many people out of work, but if you don't like what is required as an employee then leave.

I feel for the people with real things that need to be protected. Being upset you have a 2 hour commute stinks but pushing for an accomodation takes time away from someone who actually needs one.

I did not vote for this, but reading posts on here make me realize so many people are out of touch.

That's what I was thinking, too. It was only 5 years ago that this was the life almost everyone led. Sucky commutes, less time with kids, long stressful days at the office.

I'm not saying it's ideal, but a lot of people are acting like WFH is kind of the baseline. An entitlement. When it's really the last few years that have been weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:a colleague with cancer applied for recovery after their surgery and was denied. 🤷🏻‍♀️

That is inhumane

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel for people, but I do think during Covid people got used to WFH/ being able to run to Target/go for walks/pick up kids and check emails a few times, etc. Be grateful for a job. Many people have been RTO since 2021/2022!

When I was a child my single mom (dad died) had cancer. She went to work and also had doctors appointments, surgery, chemo, etc. I still remember her picking me up from after school at the very end with lit her colostomy bag and kids also being picked up would make fun of her. She didn't complain, was a great and present mom, and went into an office and worked. She ended up dying and we moved in with an aunt who was/never got not married, who went into an office everyday and some weekends.

I learned a lot as kid, could do my own laundry, homework, etc, and was never babied! I see cousins who have parents who basically do/did everything for them. One lives at home at age 29 and refuses to work, two others had their mom write many papers in HS and college for them, and many have their parents pay for their expensive life after they graduated college.

My aunt hired high school babysitters and a neighbor who was a SAHM with similar aged kids to watch us after school and in the summer since camps were too expensive. My grandparents also took us for a couple weeks in the summer.

No one is forcing you to stay at your job. If you don't like RTO then apply elsewhere. It will be hard with so many people out of work, but if you don't like what is required as an employee then leave.

I feel for the people with real things that need to be protected. Being upset you have a 2 hour commute stinks but pushing for an accomodation takes time away from someone who actually needs one.

I did not vote for this, but reading posts on here make me realize so many people are out of touch.

That's what I was thinking, too. It was only 5 years ago that this was the life almost everyone led. Sucky commutes, less time with kids, long stressful days at the office.

I'm not saying it's ideal, but a lot of people are acting like WFH is kind of the baseline. An entitlement. When it's really the last few years that have been weird.

I agree with you except that your assumption is that the pre-Covid approach is the gold standard. It isn't. It reflects the way the work world operated before technology enabled us to do things differently.

If workers' lives are more manageable and the work still gets done and traffic is lighter and less carbon is emitted and children are better off and people have more time to exercise and cook dinner and enjoy the sunshine, what is the point of returning to the pre-Covid way of working?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel for people, but I do think during Covid people got used to WFH/ being able to run to Target/go for walks/pick up kids and check emails a few times, etc. Be grateful for a job. Many people have been RTO since 2021/2022!

When I was a child my single mom (dad died) had cancer. She went to work and also had doctors appointments, surgery, chemo, etc. I still remember her picking me up from after school at the very end with lit her colostomy bag and kids also being picked up would make fun of her. She didn't complain, was a great and present mom, and went into an office and worked. She ended up dying and we moved in with an aunt who was/never got not married, who went into an office everyday and some weekends.

I learned a lot as kid, could do my own laundry, homework, etc, and was never babied! I see cousins who have parents who basically do/did everything for them. One lives at home at age 29 and refuses to work, two others had their mom write many papers in HS and college for them, and many have their parents pay for their expensive life after they graduated college.

My aunt hired high school babysitters and a neighbor who was a SAHM with similar aged kids to watch us after school and in the summer since camps were too expensive. My grandparents also took us for a couple weeks in the summer.

No one is forcing you to stay at your job. If you don't like RTO then apply elsewhere. It will be hard with so many people out of work, but if you don't like what is required as an employee then leave.

I feel for the people with real things that need to be protected. Being upset you have a 2 hour commute stinks but pushing for an accomodation takes time away from someone who actually needs one.

I did not vote for this, but reading posts on here make me realize so many people are out of touch.

That's what I was thinking, too. It was only 5 years ago that this was the life almost everyone led. Sucky commutes, less time with kids, long stressful days at the office.

I'm not saying it's ideal, but a lot of people are acting like WFH is kind of the baseline. An entitlement. When it's really the last few years that have been weird.

I agree with you except that your assumption is that the pre-Covid approach is the gold standard. It isn't. It reflects the way the work world operated before technology enabled us to do things differently.

If workers' lives are more manageable and the work still gets done and traffic is lighter and less carbon is emitted and children are better off and people have more time to exercise and cook dinner and enjoy the sunshine, what is the point of returning to the pre-Covid way of working?

Then work towards electing politicians who think that way. A reasonable accommodation under the ADA ain’t going to get you that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel for people, but I do think during Covid people got used to WFH/ being able to run to Target/go for walks/pick up kids and check emails a few times, etc. Be grateful for a job. Many people have been RTO since 2021/2022!

When I was a child my single mom (dad died) had cancer. She went to work and also had doctors appointments, surgery, chemo, etc. I still remember her picking me up from after school at the very end with lit her colostomy bag and kids also being picked up would make fun of her. She didn't complain, was a great and present mom, and went into an office and worked. She ended up dying and we moved in with an aunt who was/never got not married, who went into an office everyday and some weekends.

I learned a lot as kid, could do my own laundry, homework, etc, and was never babied! I see cousins who have parents who basically do/did everything for them. One lives at home at age 29 and refuses to work, two others had their mom write many papers in HS and college for them, and many have their parents pay for their expensive life after they graduated college.

My aunt hired high school babysitters and a neighbor who was a SAHM with similar aged kids to watch us after school and in the summer since camps were too expensive. My grandparents also took us for a couple weeks in the summer.

No one is forcing you to stay at your job. If you don't like RTO then apply elsewhere. It will be hard with so many people out of work, but if you don't like what is required as an employee then leave.

I feel for the people with real things that need to be protected. Being upset you have a 2 hour commute stinks but pushing for an accomodation takes time away from someone who actually needs one.

I did not vote for this, but reading posts on here make me realize so many people are out of touch.

That's what I was thinking, too. It was only 5 years ago that this was the life almost everyone led. Sucky commutes, less time with kids, long stressful days at the office.

I'm not saying it's ideal, but a lot of people are acting like WFH is kind of the baseline. An entitlement. When it's really the last few years that have been weird.

I agree with you except that your assumption is that the pre-Covid approach is the gold standard. It isn't. It reflects the way the work world operated before technology enabled us to do things differently.

If workers' lives are more manageable and the work still gets done and traffic is lighter and less carbon is emitted and children are better off and people have more time to exercise and cook dinner and enjoy the sunshine, what is the point of returning to the pre-Covid way of working?

And moreover plenty of people had telework prior to Covid, at least a few days a weeks, and certainly situationally. For example. For almost two decades someone who was out for medical reasons in my office has had some ability to telework, eg a broken leg.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel for people, but I do think during Covid people got used to WFH/ being able to run to Target/go for walks/pick up kids and check emails a few times, etc. Be grateful for a job. Many people have been RTO since 2021/2022!

When I was a child my single mom (dad died) had cancer. She went to work and also had doctors appointments, surgery, chemo, etc. I still remember her picking me up from after school at the very end with lit her colostomy bag and kids also being picked up would make fun of her. She didn't complain, was a great and present mom, and went into an office and worked. She ended up dying and we moved in with an aunt who was/never got not married, who went into an office everyday and some weekends.

I learned a lot as kid, could do my own laundry, homework, etc, and was never babied! I see cousins who have parents who basically do/did everything for them. One lives at home at age 29 and refuses to work, two others had their mom write many papers in HS and college for them, and many have their parents pay for their expensive life after they graduated college.

My aunt hired high school babysitters and a neighbor who was a SAHM with similar aged kids to watch us after school and in the summer since camps were too expensive. My grandparents also took us for a couple weeks in the summer.

No one is forcing you to stay at your job. If you don't like RTO then apply elsewhere. It will be hard with so many people out of work, but if you don't like what is required as an employee then leave.

I feel for the people with real things that need to be protected. Being upset you have a 2 hour commute stinks but pushing for an accomodation takes time away from someone who actually needs one.

I did not vote for this, but reading posts on here make me realize so many people are out of touch.

I don't want to agree with you but I do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Multiple serious ortho issues (several diagnosed since 2020, and leading to 3 surgeries and two total joint replacements since 2020). Cannot do a commute more than 15 minutes each way. Current office s 90 minutes.

My manager had the power to approve the RA— and did. That set things in motion, so if RTO happens, I’m exempt for now with a presumed approval. Normally, the agency EEOC coordinator would review, ask for any additional documentation (and you want surgical reports, operative reports, PT and OT reports, imaging studies, ablations, ESis, etc since 2020, and statements from pain management and orthopedics, I got them). But my agency fired the entire EEOC office, so there is literally no one left to do the final sign off. Per the union, manager’s approval stands until there is an EEOC process in place for RAs, which is required by law.

If you are able to commute, but not from the distance where you happen to live, you are probably out of luck.

An employee who had the exact same medical condition that you do who lived 15 minutes away would be medically able to be in the office. Your employer doesn’t control where you live.

Accommodations are on a case-by-case basis. It doesn’t matter that someone with the same medical condition lives closer or farther. Moreover, the same medical condition can manifest differently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:a colleague with cancer applied for recovery after their surgery and was denied. 🤷🏻‍♀️

That is inhumane

This sounds like a very sad situation. But without further information it’s impossible to tell if the decision was just. Many people request TW to avoid using leave when in fact they are too sick to actually do their job. If that’s the case here, it’s unfortunate but the denial is not wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:a colleague with cancer applied for recovery after their surgery and was denied. 🤷🏻‍♀️

What???? Lord, what fresh hell is this???

I’m seeing this at my agency too. They are not allowing WFH when the absence qualifies for sick leave instead.

EEOC says you can’t be forced to use leave if another effective accommodation is available.