Tip Tuesday! Court draws hard line on extended leave as an ‘accommodation’

By Jared Bilski

So many companies have landed themselves in legal trouble over “inflexible leave policies” — those requiring workers to return to work after a certain amount of leave — that many firms are hesitant to enforce such a policy any longer. But you may want to see how a court ruled in this case before you abandon that option.

The case we’re referring to is Hwang v. Kansas State University, and it’s a case that hinged on the idea that all inflexible leave policies are inherently discriminatory.

Needed more than 6 months

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