It explains the obligations of both employers and individuals with disabilities, and reviews the limits on how far employers must go in providing reasonable accommodations. This guide answers some of the key questions facing small businesses in connection with reasonable accommodations. Reasonable accommodation removes workplace barriers for individuals with disabilities. These barriers may be physical obstacles (such as inaccessible facilities or equipment), or they may be procedures or rules (such as rules concerning when work is performed, when breaks are taken, or how job tasks are performed). changes that enable an employee with a disability to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment (such as access to training).Īlthough many individuals with disabilities can apply for and perform jobs without any reasonable accommodations, workplace barriers may keep others from performing jobs which they could do with some form of accommodation.changes to the work environment, or to the way a job is usually done.There are three categories of 'reasonable accommodations':

A reasonable accommodation is any change in the work environment or in the way a job is performed that enables a person with a disability to enjoy equal employment opportunities. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires an employer with 15 or more employees to provide reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities, unless it would cause undue hardship.

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