San Francisco Reasonable Accommodations Lawyers
The law firm of Patton Wolan Carlise LLP has been helping employees like you throughout the Bay Area since 1985. If you have been discriminated against because of a disability, you can be confident that our attorneys can help you get the compensation to which you are entitled.
Disability discrimination can come in many forms. The most common involve employers failing to acknowledge an employee's Family and Medical Leave Act rights or failing to provide reasonable accommodations for a disability. We can help with all disability discrimination cases.
Failure to Provide Reasonable Accommodations for a Disability
Depending on the medical condition, doctors may make any number of recommendations to help a person cope with his or her condition in the workplace. More often than not, these recommendations require relatively simple accommodations from an employer. Accommodations may involve the number of consecutive hours or days an employee can work, the amount of time an employee can spend on his or her feet, how much weight an employee can safely lift or even the temperature in the employee's workspace. Employers are required to engage in an interactive process with the employee to determine how their medical restrictions can be accommodated in the workplace.
Whether a California employer terminates because of the accommodation request or simply fails to provide the accommodation, forcing the employee to look elsewhere for work, the employer should be held accountable for disability discrimination, failure to provide reasonable accommodations or failure to engage in the interactive process.
Disability Discrimination and Family and Medical Leave Act Rights
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) rights allow people to take time off of work for medical conditions. Whether a person just needs a little bit of time to go to regularly scheduled appointments or needs a longer span of time to recover from an injury or illness, failure to approve the time off or terminating an employee for taking time off is unlawful and may be disability discrimination. We take action against employers in these discrimination cases.
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Free Consultations Are Available
Call us at 888-347-1492 or send us an e-mail to schedule a free consultation with one of our experienced Oakland disability discrimination lawyers. The majority of employment law cases are handled on a contingency basis, meaning you only pay if we get results.
