Undue Hardship and Reasonable Accommodation: The View From the Court |
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Authors: | Marcia H. Rioux Cameron Crawford Jane Anweiler |
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Affiliation: | a Ph.D. in Jurisprudence and Social Policy from the University of California, Berkeley. She was President of the Roeher Institute in Canada from 1986 to 1999. Currently, she is professor and Chair for the School of Health Policy and Management, York University, Toronto, Canada.;President of the Roeher Institute, a national think tank on public policy and disability in Canada. He has conducted extensive research on issues of labor force integration and disability.;LLB, LL.M, is a private practitioner with the law firm of Oleskiw, Anweiler, Toronto, Canada and is on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Women and the Law. A large part of her practice is devoted to representing marginalized individuals in both family and civil law cases. |
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Abstract: | Title I of the Americans With Disabilities Act prohibits employment discrimination against disabled people. This article provides an overview of how the courts have interpreted the duty to accommodate an individual with a disability, focusing on the concepts of "reasonable accommodation" and "undue hardship." |
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