Can an employer refuse to accommodate an employee's disability?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Featherstone v. S. Cal. Permanente Med. Grp., 10 Cal.App.5th 1150, 217 Cal.Rptr.3d 258 (Cal. App. 2017):
"Put simply, unless there is some evidence an employer knows an employee is suffering from a disability, it is impossible for an employee to claim he or she was discharged because of it or that an employer refused to accommodate the disability." (Pensinger v. Bowsmith, Inc . (1998) 60 Cal.App.4th 709, 722, 70 Cal.Rptr.2d 531, disapproved on other grounds by
[10 Cal.App.5th 1168]
[217 Cal.Rptr.3d 274]
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