Note to employers: Handle accommodation requests with care

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Abstract: An employee submitted a note to her employer from her chiropractor requesting a reduced schedule and the employer told her that she needed to submit a physician’s note instead. As this article relates, this exchange eventually led to the employee’s termination. The Eleventh Circuit had to decide whether the employer had failed to accommodate the employee in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Holton v. First Coast Service Options, Inc., No. 16-15289, Aug. 11, 2017 (11th Cir.)