A midnight-shift employee fired for sleeping on the job mentioned fatigue and dry eye too late to properly invoke the Americans with Disabilities Act, the appeals court said.
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A midnight-shift employee fired for sleeping on the job mentioned fatigue and dry eye too late to properly invoke the Americans with Disabilities Act, the appeals court said.
Published July 21, 2026
In this photo illustration, insulin pens are displayed on March 14, 2023, in Miami, Fla. A worker with diabetes did not properly ask for an accommodation, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found July 20, 2026.
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