Things change fast when an approval turns into a negotiation.

What would you do if your spouse’s job approved a work-from-home accommodation, then slowly started asking for more paperwork and new conditions months later?

Would you trust the process? Or would you worry the company was quietly trying to force her back into the office despite medical needs?

In the following story, one husband discusses this very scenario that his wife is going through.

Here’s the full scoop.

Job attempting to take away my wife’s ADA accommodations.

My wife has had a work-from-home accommodation since January 2024.

Beginning in September of this year, her work has become much more aggressive in trying to revoke this.

They have asked for paperwork to be filled out by doctors five separate times, each time asking for “more detailed information.”

They want her to return to the office 2 days a week, even though everyone else has 3, since it’s hybrid.

The company seems desperate.

They have gone so far as to say they will provide Ubers to and from, along with a rolling office bag.

Today, my wife’s primary refused to say my wife couldn’t work with the accommodations they are offering because “I can’t say that in good faith because I don’t know,” then actually said she saw us at Costco one day, so her symptoms must not be that bad.

As far as my understanding goes, a company cannot revoke an ADA without a reason (my wife has asked repeatedly, and they ignore it) or proof of hardship, which is gonna be pretty hard when they’re offering to pay for Uber and do a Hybrid schedule.

What is our recourse in this matter?

Wow! What an unfair situation.

Let’s see what advice the people over at Reddit have to offer.

This reader would find a new doctor.

For this person, WFH is not an accommodation.

Good point.

He should consider this.

The writing’s on the wall.

Either his wife will do as the company says, or she’ll have to find a new job.

If you liked that story, check out this post about a group of employees who got together and why working from home was a good financial decision.