What This Case Means for Florida Employees
Morgan Schoepfer’s lawsuit against Disney, as reported by Florida Politics, illustrates a problem we see often in our Florida employment law practice: an employer that fails to engage in the interactive process required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) after an employee discloses a disability and requests accommodations. Schoepfer alleges that after disclosing her disabilities, Disney failed to provide the accommodations she needed to safely do her job, and that she was instead subjected to a hostile work environment before losing her position — leading her to file a federal lawsuit.
Under the ADA and the Florida Civil Rights Act, employers with 15 or more employees must provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities unless doing so would cause undue hardship. That obligation doesn’t end once an accommodation is approved on paper — it has to actually be implemented, and an employer cannot retaliate against or push out an employee for requesting one. When a company treats a disability accommodation request as a nuisance rather than a legal obligation, it can expose itself to significant liability.
If you are a Florida employee who has requested a disability accommodation and been denied, ignored, or mistreated afterward, contact Kaplan Employment Law to discuss your rights.
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