Hard to say if it was his height that was the problem or the weight. Not enough details and no pics. Plenty of ads though. Should a workplace be forced to accommodate you because of got weight? It’s not a protected class so I’m more on the no side. If it was because of some other health issue, maybe. On the other hand, why not just let the guy go if he was unable/unwilling to work at the desk? Seems like either side could have called it quits instead of coming to this lawsuit.
People aren’t a monolith and all have different needs. Can we as a society finally get to a point where we acknowledge that, be ok with it, and accommodate everyone’s needs where possible? Otherwise, what’s the point of society?
So in your view, a person who’s discriminated against at work can just quit and go find another role? Or a workplace can just snap their fingers and materialise a competent worker who knows the role?
This isn’t a case where the office is just too small and there’s nowhere for plaintiff to do his job. There are spaces he can work comfortably. The guy complained and through the union got his needs accommodated. Then, later,
This resulted in a supervisor changing the desk assignment schedule for the month of July and “dramatically increas[ing] the frequency of assigning Williams to the aforementioned first-floor service desk that lacked the appropriate accommodations,” the lawsuit stated. “Thus, the SNFL apparently retaliated by forcing William to do exactly the one thing he knew detrimental to his health and safety.”
I guarantee you there were people in that library who had no problem working the smaller desk, but some power-tripping supervisor just had to “win”. A manager who views their employees as targets for subjugation has no place being in charge of anything, and it’s really weird that you’re in here arguing understanding for the boss.
Hard to say if it was his height that was the problem or the weight. Not enough details and no pics. Plenty of ads though. Should a workplace be forced to accommodate you because of got weight? It’s not a protected class so I’m more on the no side. If it was because of some other health issue, maybe. On the other hand, why not just let the guy go if he was unable/unwilling to work at the desk? Seems like either side could have called it quits instead of coming to this lawsuit.
People aren’t a monolith and all have different needs. Can we as a society finally get to a point where we acknowledge that, be ok with it, and accommodate everyone’s needs where possible? Otherwise, what’s the point of society?
It seems pretty clear the problem was requesting the accommodation.
So in your view, a person who’s discriminated against at work can just quit and go find another role? Or a workplace can just snap their fingers and materialise a competent worker who knows the role?
This isn’t a case where the office is just too small and there’s nowhere for plaintiff to do his job. There are spaces he can work comfortably. The guy complained and through the union got his needs accommodated. Then, later,
I guarantee you there were people in that library who had no problem working the smaller desk, but some power-tripping supervisor just had to “win”. A manager who views their employees as targets for subjugation has no place being in charge of anything, and it’s really weird that you’re in here arguing understanding for the boss.