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Safety risk not enough to justify denied accommodation

09/21/2026

Accommodation laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) require employers to make accommodations unless doing so would create an undue hardship for the employer. So does the religious discrimination provisions of Title VII. And increasingly, the definition of what constitutes an undue hardship has tightened. For example,... View Article

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