What happens when an employer chooses its own doctor’s opinion instead of a worker’s

CPR worker's doctor, specialist cleared him for safety-sensitive position

What happens when an employer chooses its own doctor’s opinion instead of a worker’s

“Accommodations are difficult for employers for a number of reasons - on the one hand, employers have occupational health and safety requirements to ensure that it's safe for an employee to work and also for the employees working with that employee to work. On the other hand, they've got a duty to accommodate disabilities… up to the point of undue hardship - those can be challenging things to balance.”

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