{"id":2652,"date":"2026-04-28T14:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/?p=2652"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:58:10","slug":"seasonal-allergies-and-ada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2026\/04\/28\/seasonal-allergies-and-ada\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal Allergies and ADA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Seasonal-Allergy-Resized.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2653\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Seasonal-Allergy-Resized.png 850w, https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Seasonal-Allergy-Resized-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Seasonal-Allergy-Resized-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Spring is in the air in the United States\u2014and so are pollen, ragweed, grass, and a host of other springtime allergens.  For most employees, seasonal allergies are a minor nuisance managed with an over-the-counter antihistamine.  But for some, allergic reactions may be severe enough to significantly impair breathing, concentration, or other daily functions, prompting affected employees to seek accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  For those employees, employers may want to think carefully about accommodation requests related to seasonal allergies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ogletree Deakins:<\/em><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/ogletree.com\/insights-resources\/blog-posts\/allergy-season-is-here-accommodating-seasonal-allergies-under-the-ada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Allergy Season Is Here: Accommodating Seasonal Allergies Under the ADA<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is in the air in the United States\u2014and so are pollen, ragweed, grass, and a host of other springtime allergens. For most employees, seasonal allergies are a minor nuisance managed with an over-the-counter antihistamine. But for some, allergic reactions may be severe enough to significantly impair breathing, concentration, or other daily functions, prompting affected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1003,"featured_media":2653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[187,389],"class_list":["post-2652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal","tag-americans-with-disabilities-act","tag-seasonal-allergies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2654,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2652\/revisions\/2654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}