“Remote worker wrongly denied Missouri unemployment benefits”

Arlene Kanter, professor in the College of Law and founder and director of the Disability Law and Policy Program, was quoted in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article “Remote worker wrongly denied unemployment benefits.” Kanter, an expert on disability law, explained that judges often side with employers when it comes to cases involving working remotely. “Employees should have the right to explain how they can perform their job remotely and how they just did it if they were working remotely during COVID. That’s why I think we’re at a turning point,” Kanter said.