It’s not uncommon in disability discrimination cases for an employer to claim it did not know an employee was disabled. As a defense, an employer might say the employee never said specifically he/she was “disabled.” Therefore, the defense goes, the employer had no knowledge and accordingly bears no responsibiity. However, the EEOC has made it clear this is not the case and also provided a guide and examples: “When an individual decides to request accommodation, the individual … Read entire article »