Labor & Employment Law Blog

There are sound reasons for an employer to provide the required accommodation. To begin with, the law requires it and provides for civil penalties to be imposed against an employer that fails to comply with the requirements of Labor Code sections 1030 and 1031. Further, and perhaps even more significantly, in some circumstances, an employee who is not provided with the required accommodation could introduce into evidence the facts surrounding an employer's failure to provide the required accommodations to help support a claim or claims for alleged violation(s) of the Fair Employment and Housing Act based (e.g., a claim or claims based on alleged sex discrimination and/or medical condition discrimination).