440 U.S. 301 (1979) Cited 228 times 20 Legal Analyses
Holding that a union's request for employee aptitude tests was relevant to its claim, but employer's interest in preserving confidentiality was also legitimate, and disclosing the information only upon the employee's written consent was a reasonable accommodation
Determining "absence and tardiness records are confidential" where "many of the reasons given in the absence and tardiness records are of a highly personal nature" including that "one Company employee suffered from diarrhea for two days, and was absent for an additional five days because in ‘treating for hemroids [, the employee] used too hot of water and too much epsom salts, burnt the skin.’ "