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Report Link New York State and City Human Rights Laws Require Interactive Process on Disability Accommodation.
Jackson Lewis LLP - August 25, 2009
A New York appellate court has held that an employer’s alleged failure to consider providing additional unpaid medical leave beyond that required under the Family and Medical Leave Act and the employer’s leave policies violated the obligation to provide reasonable accommodation under the New York State and New York City Human Rights Laws. Phillips v. City of New York, 2009 NY Slip Op 05990 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dept. July 28, 2009). The Court reversed the lower court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s complaint, allowing the case to proceed to trial.
Report Link Multimillion Dollar Award Upheld to Employee Fired After Complaining About Workplace Smoking Effects.
Jackson Lewis LLP - January 15, 2004
A New York court has awarded $2 million for pain and suffering and $2.6 million in punitive damages to a modeling agency executive who alleged her employer violated the New York State and City Human Rights Law by failing to accommodate her disability (asthma), subjecting her to a hostile work environment, and retaliating against her.

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