There’s no bright-line rule or magic words needed for employees to request workplace accommodations.

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An employee who recently returned from breast cancer surgery complains to her manager that her job “was hard for her physically,” she “was struggling” and “needed some time to get back to normal.” The employee added that she had worked 53 hours the week before and wanted the chance “to get used to all the work again.”

Do these comments, without the words “disability” or “accommodation” — let alone a specific accommodation, amount to a request for a specific accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

According to a recent Sixth Circuit decision, they

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