A woman employed as a deputy clerk in the criminal division of a state court had a

Question:

A woman employed as a deputy clerk in the criminal division of a state court had a history of mental illness dating back to her teenage years. As a teen, she had been diagnosed with severe situational performance anxiety, hospitalized for several days after threatening harm to herself and others, diagnosed with a mood disorder and prescribed antidepressants, and received an additional diagnosis of social anxiety disorder for which she had been treated intermittently by several physicians. Social anxiety disorder is characterized by a “marked and persistent fear of … social or performance situations in which [a] person is exposed to unfamiliar people or to possible scrutiny by others.” A total of 30 deputy clerks worked in the criminal division. Four or five of the deputy clerks provided customer service at the division’s front counter. The remaining deputy clerks performed other filing and record-keeping tasks, many of which did not require face-to-face interactions with the public. The most junior deputy clerks were usually assigned to the front counter, but all deputy clerks had the same title and job description. After a period of doing mostly back-office work, it was decided that the woman should be trained to work at the front counter. She was assigned to work four days a week at the front counter and one day a week microfilming. She soon began to experience extreme stress, nervousness, and panic attacks while working at the front counter. She informed her supervisor about her condition and the problems she was having working the front desk. She subsequently made an e=mail request to be “trained to fill a different role in the Clerk’s Office and perhaps work at the front counter only once a week.” After a delay of about three weeks because the head clerk was on vacation, the woman was called into a meeting a terminated. She was told that she was being fired because she was not “getting it” and the clerk’s office did not have any other position for her. Did this employer violate the ADA.  Why or why not? Jacobs v. N.C. Admin. Office of the Courts, 780 F.3d 562 (4th Cir. 2015)

Fantastic news! We've Found the answer you've been seeking!

Step by Step Answer:

Related Book For  answer-question
Question Posted: