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The Dismantled Weapon of 'A Good Deed Never Goes Unpunished'
The employment lawyer's adage that “no good deed goes unpunished” was thrown into sharp relief by the Sixth Circuit recently when it held that telecommuting ' even when offered to other employees ' is not necessarily a reasonable accommodation for a disabled employee. Reversing a divided panel, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Eastern District of Michigan Court's grant of summary judgment to Ford Motor Company (Ford) in a claim of disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). E.E.O.C. v. Ford Motor Co., Case No. 12-2484, 2015 WL 1600305 (6th Cir. Apr. 10, 2015).
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