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title: "Check whether a federal accommodation statute covers the employee's request"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations/check-whether-an-employee-may-make-a-written-flexible-work-request/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A15-QU20261022-10-US"
practice_area: "Anti-Discrimination & Industrial Relations"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check whether a federal accommodation statute covers the employee's request

> From the employment facts the lawyer supplies, mark whether the papers describe a known physical or mental limitation of an applicant or employee, a disability, or a known limitation related to pregnancy, childbirth,…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Anti-Discrimination & Industrial Relations](https://ailawframework.com/practice/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the employment facts the lawyer supplies, mark whether the papers describe a known physical or mental limitation of an applicant or employee, a disability, or a known limitation related to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. Do not mark age, caring responsibilities, or family and domestic violence as a federal ground. Do not write the request that is sent. |
| What the lawyer must review | The federal grounds opened for this task are the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or employee (42 U.S.C. § 12112(b)(5)(A)), and the known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of a qualified employee (42 U.S.C. § 2000gg-1). You decide whether the person meets the statute, including the words otherwise qualified and qualified employee. The definition section for the pregnancy statute, § 2000gg, was not opened. Circumstances that support an Australian flexible-work request, and that are not in these two sections, are not a federal entitlement on these sources. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Check whether an employee may make a written flexible work request](https://ailawframework.com/practice/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations/check-whether-an-employee-may-make-a-written-flexible-work-request.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the employment facts the lawyer supplies, mark whether the papers describe a known physical or mental limitation of an applicant or employee, a disability, or a known limitation related to pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. Do not mark age, caring responsibilities, or family and domestic violence as a federal ground. Do not write the request that is sent.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A request can fall under one statute and not the other. Do not combine them into a single list.
- The employer's response, including undue hardship, is a separate decision.

## Sources

- [42 U.S.C. § 12112, Discrimination](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/12112) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [42 U.S.C. § 2000gg-1, Nondiscrimination with regard to reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/2000gg-1) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*