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SJC: Employers don't have to accommodate 'egregious' misconduct

July 26, 2006 Comments Off on SJC: Employers don't have to accommodate 'egregious' misconduct

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled that employers do not violate the state’s anti-discrimination law (G.L. c.151B) by discharging an employee for misconduct, when the misconduct is itself caused by the employee’s disability – provided the misconduct is sufficiently ...