According to a report in Ergonomics Today/ergoweb, the US Supreme Court agreed on April 16, 2001, to hear cases to determine whether a Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can be classified as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. If so, employers will be responsible to provide “reasonable accommodation” such as making existing facilities readily accessible, job restructuring, reassignment to a vacant position, or acquisition of equipment or devices. The cases that may decide this increasingly important question are Toyota v. Williams, 00-1089, and US Airways v. Barnett, 00-1250. Toyota v. Williams is scheduled to be heard October 2001.
Based on a report from Ergonomics Today/ergoweb
