Accommodations
What are reasonable accommodations?
Accommodation is a means of removing barriers for someone with a disability so that they can work effectively. Usually, accommodations are easy to implement and are inexpensive (less than $500).
Employers are required by law to provide reasonable accommodation for an employee up to the point where it causes undue hardship to the employer.
Undue hardship is determined by factors such as the cost of the accommodation, and whether it affects the health and safety of the employee or others in the organization. It is up to the employer to provide evidence that an accommodation would create an undue hardship.
Many people with disabilities—whether psychiatric or other disabilities—don’t need accommodations. As more attention is paid to removing and preventing systemic barriers to people with disabilities, the need for individual accommodation may decrease. For example, if an employer has a flex-time program that benefits all employees, an employee with a mental illness who needs to modify their hours of work to coincide with medical treatment can do so without having to ask for an accommodation. [Read more]
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