[nagdu] Walmart

[Tracy Carcione]

Does the law say anything about timely response?  I believe the original
poster said Walmart took 6 months to approve the request to bring a guide
dog to work.  It certainly looks like management and HR were playing
games, hoping the request would go away if they putzed about long enough.
Tracy

> 	To clarify the issue of reasonable accommodations to bring a guide
> dog to work. Title I does require an individual to request a reasonable
> accommodation. The only way such a request can be denied is if the
> employer
> can demonstrate that the presence of a service dog poses a direct threat,
> defined as a significant risk to the health or safety of others that
> cannot
> be eliminated by a modification of policies, practices or procedures" or
> if
> granting the request poses an undue burden to the employer. There are very
> few circumstances in which a direct threat would be invoked and even fewer
> in which it could be demonstrated the presence of the service dog poses an
> undue burden. JMHO!
>
> Fraternally yours,
>
> Marion Gwizdala, President
> National Association of Guide Dog Users Inc.
> National Federation of the Blind
> (813) 626-2789
> (888) 624-3841 (Hotline)
> President at nagdu.org
> http://www.nagdu.org
>
> High expectations create unlimited potential for the blind!
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray via
> nagdu
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 7:46 AM
> To: 'Laura T'; 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Walmart
>
> First of all, that whole policy doesn't make sense. If you have had to
> struggle to get permission to bring your dog to work, that is against the
> law I think. I am sure Marion will speak to that more.
> Could you please use punctuation when you type your messages though. I
> find
> them harder to follow with speech. I hate to say this, but periods and
> commas do sort of make the message a little more readable.
>
> Thanks.
> Cindy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Laura T via
> nagdu
> Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2015 6:32 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] Walmart
>
> I would like to vent my frustrations about a policy that needs changing I
> am
> a guide dog user and I have worked with my employer Walmart for 6 months
> to
> get permission to bring my dog to work with me Which I have gotten just
> getting the final arrangments in place But Walmart's service dog policy
> for
> the general public shopping in the store hurts those of us that have
> legitimate service animals the policy states that only a salaried member
> of
> management can make an inquiry into the nature of why an animal is in the
> store Unless thew door greater makes the call to question upon entering
> the
> store.Now let me go on to say that in my store they have reassigned the
> door
> greeters to other tasks and management has little time to police this
> issueI
> have seen kittens wrapped in blankets in the store and 8 week old puppies
> being brought in just to be shown off my feeling is that if anyone can
> walk
> through any door of Walmart at any time with any animal this is hurting
> those of us who really  need service animals animals that are untrained
> one
> of these days are going to bite someone or worse yet harm a "real" service
> animal the sad part is that these people don't even have to pretend that
> the
> animal is a service animal. I have tried to speak with store management
> and
> have been told that it is a corporate policy been shown the policy and
> told
> that they will not change it because Walmart was sued in the past for
> harassing a person with a service dog and lost if anyone else here works
> for
> Walmart I would like to know if your experience is different  But I would
> also like the groups opinion if I am taking this too personally because I
> am
> a guide dog user and a Walmart employee thanks
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