Wilson Air Center LLC did enough under federal disability bias law to try helping an accounting assistant fighting breast cancer return to in-person work during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday.
The private aviation services provider not only didn’t violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, it “exceeded the call of duty” with its efforts to reasonably accommodate Deanne Haggins, a unanimous panel said. It attempted to get Haggins, who was diagnosed while working remotely due to the pandemic, to come back to the office under a hybrid schedule as its business rebounded as the virus abated, but each ...