Woman fired for heavy periods. ACLU appealing her dismissed suit.

[Ms. Toad]

58. It is a temporary disability that interferes with her abilty to do her job

It can easily be accommodated. The complaint seemed to be that she soiled her chair - not that she was unable to perform essential job functions. Provide a chair that can easily be cleaned.

Her ability to perform the essential functions of the job would be a bit harder to overcome, since (if I recall correctly) she was doing some sort of dispatch function. Needing to frequently be away from your phone for unpredictable amounts of time would be hard to accommodate. Headsets might do the trick - but create the challenge that they transmit whatever sounds are nearby - and bathroom sounds would not mix well with headseats.

But - as I noted - inability to perform her essential functions was not the basis of the firing, as I understood the scenario. It was soiling the chair.