Re:What I Know About Being Sick at Work (2018)
by MaxBarraclough on Sunday July 21, 2019 @10:30AM
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> I get your point, but I probably don’t think it’s quite as strong as you might think.
Sure it is. There isn't any real question of the sky falling down here.
Plenty of countries have strong laws protecting the rights of disabled employees, and it hasn't ruined their economies.
It's not that hard to insist on reasonable accommodations depending on circumstance. It's not like we force the fire service to hire people who don't have the use of their legs.
If it’s not fatal to make an exception for one person, is it fatal to make an exception for two? If it is, does that mean a team with one remote working exception can’t take on another? Does that fall afoul of reasonable accommodation rules? If so, what do they do? Is the accommodation that was previously workable (and therefore reasonable) now no longer workable?
I get your point, but I probably don’t think it’s quite as strong as you might think.