Good luck. DHS eliminated CRCL, the office through which your spouse could have sought redress.

This is a tough one OP. Someone in my agency with a visible physical disability that affects mobility and walking, they can’t drive and they are taking an Uber to work every day since RTO. 45-60 minutes each way. They probably would never have taken this job if they had known they’d be reporting in person. Also DHS. I don’t think your DH will be granted based on the commute issues.

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Anonymous wrote:Commute is absolutely a major life activity they are supposed to consider under the Rehabiliatatuin Act.

No it’s not. A major life activity is something like breathing, eating, speaking. Commuting does not fall into this category lol.

Under the rehabilitation act yes it does.

Lmao the rehabilitation act does not include driving as a major life activity. You have got to be drunk or on drugs to think this.

Here you go: https://feltg.com/clearing-up-some-confusion-on-accommodating-a-disabled-employees-commute/

Plaintiff’s lawyers

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I don’t know a single Fed whose RA was granted or existing RA was renewed.

I am a fed, and my RA (for hybrid, not full telework) was renewed last month with no changes. I currently go in 2 days a week, and under the terms of my RA I will go in additional days during the week if there are in-person meetings (very rare for my position, which is almost entirely Teams meetings and emails with POCs in offices around the country). I have a neurological condition that is a real time suck (more time to get dressed for work, lots of time on the phone each evening ordering or picking up meds, lots of time doing PT and OT exercises) and all of my specialists are also close to my home, which is about 45 minutes from the office. There are no neurologists, PTs, or OTs specializing in my condition near the office.

The RA was granted so that I can have more time in the week to balance all of these things with a full 40 hour work week. I first requested it when we were returning to the office post-covid, and 3 days per week was being implemented.

I think the facts that:
- I've already had the RA for several years,
- it's for a clearly documented neurological condition (as opposed to something like anxiety or ADHD or back pain, which tends to be more scrutinized),
- I'm a high performer with multiple awards and consistent top performance ratings,
- my skill set is rare and essential to the mission,
- my job could easily be done fully remotely from anywhere,
- I am hybrid rather than fully remote, and
- I come in for in-person meetings (the main reason for requiring RTO was the benefits of face-to-face interaction)

all worked in my favor to support renewal of the RA. Renewal was granted within 24 hours when I requested it last month.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope your husband can get a RA, but speaking from experience, this administration has been notoriously stingy with RA requests, even for people who have had existing requests for years. They consider disabilities “DEI” and don’t want to accommodate Turk and they refuse to grandfather them. I am a cancer patient with a heart condition and have been able to telework successfully since Covid. My request to renew my accommodation was completely denied by the current administration despite having two disabilities and comprehensive medical documentation ass well as doctors notes. HR said my official accommodation they would grant was “in office attendance 5x a week, but ability to telework on days I have medical appointments with prior approval.” Which is what everyone at my agency has. I appealed and that was also rubber stamp denied. The next step was to file an EEO counseling request and that was also BS and did nothing. Next step is to request ADR or sue. Thats what this Administrations HR approach is - do everything illegally and force the individual to spend money to sue. which takes at least an $8-$10k retainer and years. And, of course, you have to still report in person while the EEO suit is pending.

It’s illegal AF and against the ADA. I wish there was some kind of class action.

I don’t know a single Fed whose RA was granted or existing RA was renewed.

I’m a fed sup and have full discretion over what accommodation… I have granted three in a year, some temp some permanent; you need to blame all the people getting fake RAs, not the administration on this.

OP here. I mean, assuming PP’s work can be done from home successfully, I’m just not sure how hers is BS and why it couldn’t be accommodated? (Considering she is presumably immunocompromised?)

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Anonymous wrote:Commute is absolutely a major life activity they are supposed to consider under the Rehabiliatatuin Act.

No it’s not. A major life activity is something like breathing, eating, speaking. Commuting does not fall into this category lol.

Under the rehabilitation act yes it does.

Lmao the rehabilitation act does not include driving as a major life activity. You have got to be drunk or on drugs to think this.

Here you go: https://feltg.com/clearing-up-some-confusion-on-accommodating-a-disabled-employees-commute/

If that’s the case then wouldn’t all of these federal agencies revoking RA’s with telework be discrimination and highly illegal?

PP here and its called a right without a remedy.

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Anonymous wrote:Commute is absolutely a major life activity they are supposed to consider under the Rehabiliatatuin Act.

No it’s not. A major life activity is something like breathing, eating, speaking. Commuting does not fall into this category lol.

Under the rehabilitation act yes it does.

Lmao the rehabilitation act does not include driving as a major life activity. You have got to be drunk or on drugs to think this.

Here you go: https://feltg.com/clearing-up-some-confusion-on-accommodating-a-disabled-employees-commute/

If that’s the case then wouldn’t all of these federal agencies revoking RA’s with telework be discrimination and highly illegal?

Is this a rhetorical question?