Vast majority of university employees asking to work from home were denied
Nearly 450 employees in the University System of New Hampshire applied for special accommodations through the Americans with Disabilities Act, including working from home, for the fall semester due to COVID-19.
The vast majority of those requests were denied. Instead, professors and other staff were offered a “flexible work arrangement,” a designation that left some confused and concerned.
The hundreds of requests for accommodations were a deluge compared to years past when typically just a few applications were filed, school officials said. In all, The University System approved fewer than one out of five applications for the fall semester. Officials are still processing 74 applications.
“It is important to emphasize that UNH is a residential university and our commitment is to provide our students with in-person, face-to-face learning,” UNH Provost Wayne Jones said in a statement to staff Tuesday afternoon.
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