
Generally, the ADA requires employers to reasonably accommodate employees with a disability. However, the employee still must be able to perform the essential functions of his job. Rite Aid requires its pharmacists to perform immunizations, and therefore injections were an essential part of the pharmacist's job. He "failed to present evidence suggesting the existence of a reasonable accommodation" that would have enabled him to do his job - so, he lost.
HT: My co-worker Jon Stepanian emailed me this ABA article: Court Holds That Pharmacist With Fear of Needles Has No Claim Under the ADA.
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