WORKING FROM HOME: HOW TELECOMMUTING MIGHT BE THE RIGHT REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR YOU
Reasonable accommodations in the workplace provide many ways that a disabled worker can work with simple changes around the office. But sometimes, those changes (or lack thereof) may not be enough. What if you are in a wheelchair and getting public transportation to the building becomes too difficult? Or what if you undergo a surgery that places you on temporary bed rest? Even many working mothers are discovering that after having a newborn, it may become very difficult to go into work for a couple of hours a day.
These days, working from home is an option available to more and more businesses. With widespread access to the internet, mobile access to work email and even work computers, and teleconferencing by video or phone or both, working from home can be just as productive as working in the office. And it can be part of a reasonable accommodation plan for your medical disability.
If you have tried to negotiate working from home as a reasonable accommodation to your medical disability, and your boss refuses, you may need the assistance of an employment lawyer. While not all jobs are right for working from home, many office jobs, sales jobs and communications jobs are. Call the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP in California at 1-800-252-9776 for a free consultation regarding your legal rights and how one of our experienced employment lawyers may be able to help you.
