What is considered undue hardship?

What is considered undue hardship?

Undue hardship refers not only to financial difficulty, but to reasonable accommodations that are unduly extensive, substantial, or disruptive, or those that would fundamentally alter the nature or operation of the business.

Can a doctor’s note be used to terminate an employee?

The County terminated her employment about one week later. Joyce then found herself an attorney who apparently thinks vague doctor’s notes win ADA cases, and she sued. The court dismissed Joyce’s case faster than it took her doctor to write a one-liner on that prescription pad doctor’s note.

When to turn in a doctor’s note for work?

An employer can require employees to turn in a doctor’s note when they are off for more than three consecutive days and cite sickness as the reason. What an employer cannot do is require an employee to submit a sick note each time they take a sick day and let other employees off the hook by not requiring a note at all.

Can a person be fired for submitting vague Doctor’s notes?

However, this court case is a reminder that, when an employee submits vague, meaningless doctor’s notes that don’t provide the key information above, the employee is not a “qualified” individual protected by the ADA.

Can a employer lawfully terminate an employee after he submits?

Let’s be clear: this employer prevailed here not because the employee turned in two pathetic doctor’s notes. It ultimately won because it gave Joyce yet another chance to explain herself after she submitted the doctor’s notes. Engaging employees like Joyce in the ADA’s Interactive Process is Essential.

The County terminated her employment about one week later. Joyce then found herself an attorney who apparently thinks vague doctor’s notes win ADA cases, and she sued. The court dismissed Joyce’s case faster than it took her doctor to write a one-liner on that prescription pad doctor’s note.

An employer can require employees to turn in a doctor’s note when they are off for more than three consecutive days and cite sickness as the reason. What an employer cannot do is require an employee to submit a sick note each time they take a sick day and let other employees off the hook by not requiring a note at all.

However, this court case is a reminder that, when an employee submits vague, meaningless doctor’s notes that don’t provide the key information above, the employee is not a “qualified” individual protected by the ADA.

Can a doctor’s note for work be used in court?

Court cases have established that an employee’s personal testimony combined with some medical evidence, such as a doctor’s note, is enough to demonstrate that the absence of work was due to a “serious health condition” and the employee is protected by the FMLA’s prohibition on retaliatory or disciplinary action related to the leave of absence.