When is an employer required to provide a reasonable accommodation?
Employers are required to provide reasonable accommodations to any person with a disability who is either working or looking for work. The requirement is ongoing. In other words, an employer cannot refuse an accommodation request for an employee just because the employee already receives an accommodation or received one in the past, or because she didn’t ask for the accommodation when she began working there. Q: What is a reasonable accommodation? A: A reasonable accommodation is a change or adjustment to a job or a workspace that allows a person with a disability to apply for a job or to perform the essential functions of a job. Q: What does “essential functions of a job” mean? A: Most jobs are made up of more than one function. Very few people go to work and do the exact same thing, all day, every day. Essential functions are those job duties and skills which are necessary to do or be able to do in order to perform the job. In other words, without them the job could not be done. Q: W
