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I run a small warehouse. We have 3 employees total. 1 manager, 1 office worker, 1 warehouse worker.
The warehouse worker injured himself at home (he fell down some stairs). According to his doctor, he is unable to do manual labour until he recovers. He is requesting we put him on "light duty" for the next 4 to 6 weeks while he recovers.
Unfortunately, we don't have anything in the way of "light duty" work as it is a small warehouse with only 3 positions.
My two remaining employees are confident they can cover for the injured employee while he is away healing, but the injured employee doesn't want to lose the income, and seems to think that we should have to find work for him so that he can keep getting paid.
My question is, am I obligated to allow this employee to keep coming in and working, despite the fact that we do not need him to do the work he'll be doing, purely so he can keep receiving a pay cheque from us?
All employers have a legal obligation to accommodate their employees disabilities up to the point of undue hardship. It may be that because your company does not have light duty work for them to perform that this would be undue hardship. We strongly recommend that you schedule an appointment with one of our lawyers to review your situation in more detail and provide you with your legal options.