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He may have a case, given his health condition. As I understand it from corporate training, Federal law requires reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities.

If the article is correct, it doesn’t appear the company tried to make the accommodation.

You hit the nail right on the head.

One of the serious downsides (for the employer) of sending people to work from home in the first place is this: By demonstrating that the company could function effectively with people working from home for 2-3 years, they’ve dramatically increased the range of what would be considered a “reasonable accommodation” under the law.

It appears to me that Electric Boat Corporation DID reasonably accommodate this putz. They still let him work from home a few days a week and he wants all of them at-home.

If his health is as bad as his claims are, then he just needs to file for SSDI and be done with it, like all the rest of middle age Americans who are tired of working and want an easy way to retirement before the required age is reached.

He may have a case, given his health condition. As I understand it from corporate training, Federal law requires reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities.

If the article is correct, it doesn’t appear the company tried to make the accommodation.

Only after the lockdowns is work from home a reasonable accommodation in any industry except sales or IT. Or I guess phone call center guy. But the big issue here (for him at least) is 'BACK'. What accommodation did he have before the lockdowns? I'd bet he was in the office five days a week, with his medical issues, no problem. Why should he now require such a majorly different accommodation when nothing actual has really changed from pre-lockdown to today?

employer denied his request citing in-person job duties.

They already started giving him three days a week at home, and that, to me, sounds way beyond reasonable for a job that actually has in-person duty requirements. How in-person they actually need is beyond the excerpt, so I'll take it at face value. But even if that's more of an excuse and not that definite, two days in the office is still more than reasonable.