[NAGDU] FW: [Njagdu] Taking a Service Animal to a Job Interview: Public Access or Reasonable Accommodation?

[Dan Weiner]

hmmm that's news to me about the office being a private space, well 
frankly any interview I've gone to over the years I've had dogs has been 
accompanied by my guide dog. I do know for a fact that at least one job 
was denied because of my use of a guide dog but that was let's see 22 
years ago and though I got a lawyer I frankly didn't know what I was 
doing then and was not too savy about it. , I don't doubt that other 
denials could have been related. But that clause about offices and so on 
being private sspace is tricky, I mean what if it's a store or business 
that is indeed open to the public but then the interviewer wants you in 
his HR office or private office?  And when I was working  I never 
complied if I had to go to a meeting and I was told it would be better 
not to have my guide dog since I figured wI was in the right whether I 
was or not..so I went with my dog anyway


Thoughts any one?




On 4/28/2017 12:47 PM, David via NAGDU wrote:
> A store is space that is open to the public and if your interview is 
> out in public space, then you would not have to request an 
> accommodation.  On the other hand, an office is usually private space, 
> not public space, and a reasonable accommodation may needed if the 
> employer chooses to get picky about it.  Nearly all interviews will be 
> held in private space.  I would think that most employers would not 
> get too bent out of shape about bringing your guide dog to an 
> interview.  If they did, I'd suspect that they might not be very 
> welcoming to service animals and despite your legal right to a 
> reasonable accommodation, getting a job offer could be an uphill battle.
>
> David and Claire Rose in Clearwater, FL
>
> On 4/28/2017 12:14 PM, Cindy Ray via NAGDU wrote:
>> This doesn't make sense to me. If you are going into a store, you 
>> don't have
>> to ask permission to bring in the dog so you can shop. I do get it if 
>> you
>> are interviewing in a restaurant because the office of the 
>> interviewer may
>> be back close to the food prep area. I might do it in that case. I think
>> that it defies logic when most often the place is quite public.
>> Cindy Lou Ray
>> cindyray at gmail.com
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