Fitness-for-Duty Exams: A Sword and a Shield in ADA Litigation
Fitness-for duty evaluations are a practical tool that can be used to either validate, or disprove, an employer’s contention that an employee may lack the physical and/or mental capacity to perform the essential functions of the job. Such an evaluation is of critical important in the public-safety sector, particularly with law enforcement offices, because of their constant engagement with citizens, which is both highly visible and heavily scrutinized. While fitness-for-duty exams are a useful preventative measure that can reduce the...