I work for a small company where the owner literally is HR. I asked the office manager about Work From Home Accommodations. I have a letter from my doctor asking them to allow me 8 work from home days a month as needed for my condition. As it stands I miss several days a month and working from home would allow me to better control my environment to mitigate my pain at a level that is not attainable from the office I work in.
Currently there are two work from home employees, one of which does the same job as me and works out of state. On occasion I have worked from home, but it has fully been at the discretion of my manager. My job is 100% doable from home.
As far as I am aware, the company has 13 normal employees and several contracted workers.
The office manager told me I should look up the laws and print out references to show the company owner when I ask him about my accommodations. I’m having a hard time finding the official law regarding this and don’t know where to go from here.
I’ve been perusing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website and found that a small business has to have 15 or more employees to be required to accommodate me.
My questions are: is this a reasonable accommodation? Is my employer required to provide this accommodation or work with me to find a solution that works in the same capacity? Where can I find these laws and print them out to show him? Where do I go from here? Any help is appreciated.