In Turnabout, Seventh Circuit Says Reassignment Is ADA Reasonable Accommodation
For the past 12 years, the Seventh Circuit has held that the ADA does not require an employer to reassign employees to a vacant position as a reasonable accommodation. The court has now retreated from that position in EEOC v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 11-1774 (7th Cir. Sept. 7, 2012). Back in 2000, the court ruled in EEOC v. Humiston-Keeling, 227 F.3d 1024 (7th Cir. 2000) that, while the ADA mentions reassignment as a reasonable accommodation,...
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