Constance Guice-Mills v. Edward J. Derwinski, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs

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• holding that a nurse whose depression and sedating medication forced her to report to work two hours late was not \otherwise qualified\ for her position
• granting head nurse request to delay start time by two hours would cause undue administrative hardship on hospital by requiring someone else to assume head nurse responsibilities until plaintiff arrived each day
• plaintiff with illness that generally restricted ability to arrive at work during early morning hours had physical impairment that substantially limited ability to work under analogous provisions of Rehabilitation Act of 1973
• “This may have constituted a demotion in [the plaintiffs] eyes but given the fact that she could not fulfill the head nurse position, it was necessary ...” (emphasis added)
• “When an employer offers an employee an alternative position that does not require a significant reduction in pay and benefits, that offer is a ‘reasonable accommodation’ virtually as a matter of law.”

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