Does my employer have to provide a portable CPAP machine at its expense as a reasonable accommodation if I travel due to my job? My health insurance will cover at home treatment but not travel treatment because it is considered a luxury and not essential.
I believe this would be a reasonable accommodation under the ADA and that law requires reasonable accommodations for disabilities.
Sleep apnea is a disability. See https://employmentdiscrimination.foxrothschild.com/2014/10/articles/federal-state-local-laws/americans-with-disabilities-act/fired-sleep-apnea-sufferer-awarded-1-million-by-jury/
Whether or not an employer has to provide a particular accommodation depends on the facts and circumstances of your employment. These include the size of your employer (larger employers may have a greater duty to accommodate than small), the burden on your employer of providing the accommodation, such as the dollar cost and the impact on other employees, and the availability of other reasonable accommodations. If there is more than one way to reasonably accommodate your disability, your employer is able to select the accommodation.
In your case, without knowing all of the circumstances of your employment, I cannot provide a yes or no answer. However, you are entitled to request it, and your employer has an obligation to engage in the accommodation process. The accommodation includes evaluating your request, communicating with you and possibly your about it and other potential accommodations. Thus, if you employer refuses to discuss your request, you may be on your way to proving a failure to accommodate.
It is a maybe. Call anyone of assure local and they can help you who practice in this area
