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Employee Hears of Being Let Go Through Office Employee, Not Bosses

by Lindsey Novak

Q: My daughter has been a property manager of a large business park for more than 16 years. She heard from someone in the main office that the owners (to whom she directly reports and who have said nothing to her) have sold the property and she will be let go when the sale closes in a couple of months. Should she talk to the owners about this and ask for a severance package? If so, what sort of severance should she receive?

A: The owners may not have finalized the severance packages fo ...

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Posted by: Petra
Comment: #1
Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:02 AM

If this worker has been performing the job for several months and the employer hasn't caught on that he's having difficulty, then obviously he's passed the first hurdle of the ADA which is that he must be able to do the job with or without accommodations. Now the ball goes to the employer's court. The employer is required to provide reasonable accommodations unless he can prove it would place undue hardship on the business. It is doubtful allowing a worker to use a calculator versus figuring manually would place hardship on business. If anything, it would probably speed the process for a struggling worker with a disability. Once again this columnist misses the mark by a mile.

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