Mark C. Fang writes that an informal interactive process between an employer and an employee with a disability has proven to be a valuable method for resolving requests for reasonable accommodations ...

Therefore, any interactive process would not have been fruitful, and Brewster cannot be liable for disengaging in the interactive process when it concluded it could not provide Mr. Buccieri a ...

As an employer in California, you probably know that the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) requires employers with five or more employees to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and ...

“Once an employer becomes aware of the need for accommodation, that employer has a mandatory obligation under the ADA to engage in an interactive process with the employee to identify and implement ...

The ADA favors an informal, interactive process when looking for an accommodation for an employee with a disability. And while a failure to engage in that process isn't a stand-alone violation under ...

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The phrases “interactive process” and “reasonable accommodation” are familiar to many. Simply put, employers must try to adjust a disabled employee’s job duties to allow them to continue to work.