Adverse Employment Action is Not Required To Establish a Failure To Accommodate Claim Under the NJLAD and Subsequent Bodily Injury Claim is Not Barred By the Workers’ Compensation Act

Following our prior client alert published while this matter was before Appellate Division, the New Jersey Supreme Court has now weighed-in, in Richter v. Oakland Board of Education. On June 8, 2021, the Court formally held that an “adverse employment action” is not a required element for a failure to accommodate claim. The Court also concluded that an employer’s inaction, silence, or inadequate response to a reasonable accommodation request is an omission that can give rise to causes of...
By: Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

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