Court: Employers Must Allow Workers to Sit If They Prefer While on the Job

Re:Court: Employers Must Allow Workers to Sit If They Prefer... by SilasX on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @10:25AM (#11438938)

Sort of funny how office jobs have the opposite problem: of people who are suffering pain because they have to sit without standing for long periods, and can be accomodated with adjustable, standing desks. (I suspect these will be standard in the future because of findings about the long term damage of sitting.)

Also funny, in a gallows humor kind of way, how people are being considered disabled (both by themselves and the social insurance system) despite the existence of trivial accommodations. It's like if someone's "dream job" were where they could move up close to the stuff they work with so they could see it better, since "the faraway stuff is so blurry".

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Re:Court: Employers Must Allow Workers to Sit If They Prefer... by tremon on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @11:07AM (#11439252)

Also funny, in a gallows humor kind of way, how people are being considered disabled despite the existence of trivial accommodations

It's about as funny as how companies are letting their employees acquire disabilities despite the existence of trivial accommodations.

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Re:Court: Employers Must Allow Workers to Sit If They Prefer... by 3825 on Saturday April 09, 2016 @10:25AM (#11461330)

I find it easier to drink lots of water while at work. It is difficult to remember to drink water and if I drink more water, I will use the restroom at least once every hour.

Thankfully, I've yet to work at a place that prohibited employees from going to the restroom every hour. If they want to check if I am really using the restroom, they're free to do so I guess (although I would start looking for a new job if this were the case).

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