Disabilities in the Workplace Attorney in San Francisco, California

Disability Accommodation

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disability accommodations are
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unfortunately very common they’re also
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very misunderstood it always makes me
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feel bad to think that there are people
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out there who think to themselves well I
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had this disability I couldn’t do the
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job I guess they were right to fire me
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they probably weren’t right to fire you
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the truth of the matter is that
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disabilities have to be accommodated the
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employer is supposed to work with the
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employee to find a solution that works
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for everybody and they have to do it in
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good faith they’re not supposed to fight
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about it they’re not supposed to argue
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about it
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management is supposed to work with the
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employee to find a way to keep that
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employee on the job if that means giving
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them extra time fine if it means they
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need to miss work for appointments fine
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even if it means they need extended time
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off the law has protections for that
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what the law really requires when it
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comes to disability accommodations is
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that the employer be fair

San Francisco, CA employment lawyer Jeremy Pasternak explains why in most cases an employer is required to accommodate an employee with a disability.

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