During the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers closed their workplaces and directed employees to work from home. Now that the pandemic has passed, and remote work is no longer necessary to maintain business operations, employers are requiring employees to perform their job duties on-site, on a full-time or hybrid basis. This has resulted in claims of discrimination by employees whose requests to work from home have been denied.
Recent New York federal court decisions address the issue of when an employer may lawfully reject such requests. In these cases, courts uniformly have dismissed federal discrimination claims on the grounds that rejection of an employee’s request for a remote work arrangement does not constitute an adverse employment action as a matter of law.
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