加州民权部促成15万美元和解：Vallejo联合学区被指无视残疾员工远程办公申请
Sacramento——加州民权部（California Civil Rights Department，CRD）9月23日宣布与 Vallejo 市联合学区（Vallejo City Unified School District）达成和解，解决一名员工关于残疾歧视的投诉：该员工以残疾为由申请远程办公作为合理便利，学区未予考虑。作为和解的一部分，学区将支付15万美元赔偿、批准该员工的远程办公申请，并采取其他措施保障学区员工今后的权利。
民权部称，去年接到这起投诉：该员工提交了医生证明，并多次请求学区考虑其申请，学区却置之不理，形同拒绝；该员工此前曾获准远程办公，其岗位也无需与学生面对面接触。加州法律要求雇主本着诚信与残疾员工协商，讨论有助于其继续工作的合理政策调整。
民权部部长 Kevin Kish 表示：「当有人提出便利申请时，雇主必须当回事。」他说，每名劳动者都有权与雇主进行有意义的讨论，商量如何帮助自己不论残疾与否都能留在岗位上；和解之后，该学区员工可以期待自己的便利申请会被认真听取。
信息来源：加州民权部新闻稿（9月23日）
Civil Rights Department Secures $150K Settlement with Vallejo Unified over Telework Denial
SACRAMENTO — The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) announced a settlement with the Vallejo City Unified School District on September 23 resolving an employee's disability discrimination complaint over the effective denial of a request for telework as a reasonable accommodation. Under the settlement, the district will pay $150,000 in compensation, grant the employee's telework request, and take other steps to protect the rights of district employees in the future.
CRD received the complaint last year. According to the complaint, the district simply ignored the request even though the employee submitted a doctor's note and made multiple attempts to have it considered; the worker had previously been permitted to work remotely and the position did not require in-person interaction with students. California law requires employers to engage in good faith with employees with disabilities on reasonable requests for changes that can enable them to keep working.
"When someone asks for an accommodation, employers have to pay attention," said CRD Director Kevin Kish. "Every worker is entitled to a meaningful opportunity to discuss with their employer ways to help them stay on the job regardless of disability." (GSM, from a CRD press release, Sept. 23)
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