Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides
by vkou on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @12:29PM
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If you can't fulfill your duties as an employee/contractor due to a medical reason, you should be able to document that reason. If a driver can find a doctor to testify that they are allergic to dogs, the conversation ends there.
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Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides
by sbierwagen on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @01:30PM
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Something that comes as a surprise to many Europeans on HN: healthcare in the United States is not free. Doctor's notes cost money. Uber drivers are, by definition, poor, and do not have health insurance.
Should drivers with life-threatening allergies be expected to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars extracting a deposition from a medical professional to avoid being killed by a dog?
Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides
by vkou on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @05:45PM
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Great, I guess we'll have to gate ADA compliance on overhauling the entire US healthcare system, first. Heaven forbid someone has to do work in the same environment as a blind person with a service animal.
Until we do, are there any other forms of work that you feel that an employee/contractor/etc. should be able to shirk by claiming that they have a medical condition, without providing a shred of evidence thereof?
A medical note for a chronic, life-threatening condition is a sufficient, and reasonable requirement, and is good from years to decades.