PERDUE v. SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S., LLC

No. 19-2094.

999 F.3d 954 (2021)

Janet PERDUE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S., LLC, Defendant-Appellee. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: L. Michelle Gessner , GESSNERLAW, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Theresa Sprain , WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. Julie Loraine Gantz , UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae. ON BRIEF: Jonathon D. Townsend , WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. Sharon Fast Gustafson , General Counsel, Jennifer S. Goldstein , Associate General Counsel, Elizabeth E. Theran , Assistant General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Richardson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Agee and Judge Rushing joined.


We must decide whether "job sharing" a single full-time position with a willing partner qualifies as a reasonable accommodation that an employer must provide under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). It does not. If the job share in question did not exist at the time it was proposed as an accommodation...

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