For years we’ve been following legal developments on how employers deal with workers who attribute bad behavior to a disability. (We wrote about it here and here and here, for example.) Last summer, we wrote about the 9th Circuit’s decision in Weaving v. City of Hillsboro, involving the termination of a police sergeant
Weaving v. City of Hillsboro
Employees Who Attribute Bad Behavior to a Disability – 9th Circuit Adds to Confusion
By Jeffrey D. Polsky on
I’ve complained before about the lack of guidance for employers dealing with employees who attribute their bad behavior to a disability. The Ninth Circuit’s August 15, 2014 decision in Weaving v. City of Hillsboro (pdf) only adds to the confusion.
The City of Hillsboro, Oregon fired Weaving from his job as a police sergeant…