When disabled applicants or employees have the necessary experience, skills, and certifications for a job, and can perform the essential functions, employers are required to provide reasonable accommodations, if they do not cause undue hardship.
A disability is a physical or mental impairment that limits one or more major life activities
A reasonable accommodations may include restructuring the job position around the employee’s disability by:
Changing existing equipment for the disabled employee
Transferring an employee to the same or similar position at a different location
Modifying an employee’s work schedule to allow time for required medical treatment
Allowing for a reasonable amount of unpaid medical leave