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Supreme Court Adopts New Standard for Cases Under the Americans with Disabilities Act Which Involve Seniority Systems and Requests for Reasonable Accommodations |
July 23, 2004
Previously published on May 6, 2002
On April 29, 2002, a divided United States Supreme Court held that employers are entitled to a rebuttable
presumption that a disabled employee's accommodation request under the ADA is unreasonable if it
conflicts with the job assignment rules of an employer's seniority system.
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