"the most sweeping civil rights violation against federal employees in decades."
"This means no CDC employee with a disability will have the option of telework as a reasonable accommodation,"
"Additionally, employees with disabilities are at risk of retaliatory discrimination, disciplinary actions and loss of essential workplace accommodations. [The Health and Human Services Department] and CDC have engineered a no-win situation for its employees."
"straight violation of the law, like as clear as day."
CDC informed employees that they can no longer apply for telework as a reasonable accommodation and that existing telework agreements will not be renewed when they expire. Unions representing affected workers described the policy as a sweeping civil rights violation and warned that employees with disabilities could face retaliation, discipline, and loss of other workplace accommodations. Reasonable accommodations include interpreters, flexible schedules, and accessible technology, and federal law requires agencies to provide accommodations unless they cause undue hardship. The unions asserted the change conflicts with federal disability protections and a presidential telework directive exemption for disabilities, and a disability attorney said blanket denials or nonrenewals would be unlawful.
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