So Is Telecommuting A Reasonable Accommodation? Not So Fast Says The Sixth Circuit, Reversing Course.

Last week, an en banc panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals took a fresh look at whether Ford Motor Company’s decision to deny an employee’s request to telecommute four days a week violated the ADA. Reversing its prior ruling from last year (previously reported here), the 8-5 panel in E.E.O.C. v. Ford Motor Company held that the employee’s request (citing her irritable bowel syndrome) was not a reasonable accommodation. (Employers collectively breathing a sigh of relief!)

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