EMPLOYER DOES NOT NEED ANGER MANAGEMENT TO ACCOMMODATE EMPLOYEE
A Nassau County Supreme Court judge has recently ruled that an employer need not attend a anger management counseling to accommodate an employees disability. In the decision issued recently employee alleged that his Parkinson's disease was exacerbated by an employer's volatile behavior. The plaintiff alleged that the employer assured him he would remain calm to avoid disturbing the plaintiff/employee. When the employer failed to do so the employee brought suit. Among other determinations the judge hearing the case found that although anger management may be imposed in child neglect and matrimonial cases the for an employer to attend anger management goes beyond "reasonable" accommodation in the workplace Racing Recovery LLC V. Abbate 017764\2005 Decided 8/10/07
