The Difficulty of Defining a Disability—Anxiety

In today’s world, countless individuals suffer from anxiety in its various forms. According to the World Health Organization, in 2019, 301 million people in the world had an anxiety disorder, which makes anxiety disorders “the most common of all mental disorders.”[1] But is “anxiety” a “disability” in a legal sense? Is someone with “anxiety” entitled …

Employers Always Need to Thoroughly Explore the Smallest of Reasonable Accommodations for a Disability

A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit provides a strong lesson in the need for employers to fully explore an employee’s request for a reasonable accommodation and to when necessary be flexible in applying certain workplace policies. In the matter of EEOC v. Dolgencorp, LLD dba Dollar General Corp., …