Can you fire someone for job abandonment due to an anxiety disorder?
An employee has depression and sought unscheduled absences due to depression and problems with medications. This interfered with her not performing essential functions and the employer had no duty to accommodate and the case went to court. This video reviews several cases dealing leave and termination due to anxiety and stress disorders.
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Kathleen M. Williams
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
- Member of the firm in the health care & life sciences and employment, labor & workforce management practices, Washington, DC, office of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
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- Member, American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section; American Health Lawyers Association; District of Columbia Bar Association; Society for Human Resource Management
- J.D. degree, The George Washington University Law School; B.A. degree, University of Pennsylvania
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