Employers: How to Navigate Four Common Conflicts to Minimize Litigation Risks

1. Remote work and reasonable accommodations 

It's important that employers receiving these accommodation requests not conflate them with the larger fight for remote work. 

The fact is, employers are not entitled to deny remote work as a reasonable accommodation unless they can show that being physically at the workplace is an essential function of the position. 

2. Restrictive covenants and hiring 

Restrictive covenants with employees may be becoming less prevalent as a result of legislative restrictions, but they can still throw a wrench in an employer's hiring plans. 

3. Remote workers and state laws 

4. Obnoxious employees and protected activity

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