When an employee needs an accommodation or leave, who does what? Workplace disability and leave situations rarely stay neatly in one lane. An employee tells a supervisor she is struggling to do part of her job. Someone needs intermittent leave. A medical note lands in HR with more questions than answers. A pregnancy-related limitation affects the work. Or an accommodation request sounds reasonable, but the supervisor is not sure how it will actually work operationally. That is where HR and supervisors need each other.