Discrimination and the Disabled

[arisbe]

On July 8, Doug Williams, a 48-year-old assembly-line worker at the Lockheed Martin plant in Meridian, Mississippi, walked out of a meeting with managers on how to get along with fellow employees -- just the sort of meeting encouraged by federal law to assure that everyone appreciates the merit of diversity and that no one is being harassed in the workplace. Minutes later, he returned with shotgun and a rifle. He shot two people in the room and three more on the factory floor. Then, he killed himself.

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So let's say an employer suspects he has a nutcase working at the factory. Once all the bureaucratic hurdles have been cleared, can the employer fire the guy? Not yet. The employer must first make "reasonable accommodation." "For example, room dividers, partitions, or other soundproofing or visual barriers between workspaces may accommodate individuals who have disability-related limitations in concentration." What is reasonable accommodation? The courts are still working on that. They'll get back to you in a few years. Or maybe never.

from How Government Protects Potential Workplace Killers

By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

Comments

[prester-scott.livejournal.com]

What is reasonable accommodation [for a potential workplace shooter]?

Cubicle walls that constitute hard cover, plus letting everyone carry firearms and wear body armor. That'd be a good start.

Good

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't mind turning this very cube into a heavily fortified bunker. I'm worried about the woman in the next cube. And not only because she's my manager.