Where the individual or the employer are not familiar with possible accommodations, there are extensive public and private resources to help the employer identify reasonable accommodations...
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5. What must an employer do after receiving a request for reasonable accommodation?
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5. What factors are relevant in determining whether an individual does not oppose receiving services in an integrated employment setting?
A: People with disabilities in or at risk of entering segregated employment settings must have the opportunity to make an informed decision about whether to work in integrated employment...
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6. Do the ADA and Olmstead apply to persons at serious risk of segregation in sheltered workshops?
In the employment context, this includes individuals at risk of unnecessary segregation in sheltered workshops....
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7. What remedies address violations of the ADA’s integration mandate in the context of disability employment systems?
This typically means expanding the variety, intensity, and duration of supported employment services made available to allow people to work in competitive integrated employment....
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7. May an employer require an individual to go to a health care professional of the employer's (rather than the employee's) choice for purposes of documenting need for accommodation and disability?
The ADA does not prevent an employer from requiring an individual to go to an appropriate health professional of the employer's choice if the individual provides insufficient information...
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8. What is an Olmstead Plan in the state and local government employment service system context?
type of settings those services are provided or the success of those services in moving individuals from sheltered workshops to integrated employment settings....
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8. Are there situations in which an employer cannot ask for documentation in response to a request for reasonable accommodation?
An employer cannot ask for documentation when: (1) both the disability and the need for reasonable accommodation are obvious, or (2) the individual has already provided the employer with...
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9. Is the ADA limited to segregation in employment settings when the same individuals are also subject to segregation in other settings during the day, like facility-based day programs?
For example, the integration mandate covers residential, employment, and day services provided by a state....
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9. Is an employer required to provide the reasonable accommodation that the individual wants?
The employer may choose among reasonable accommodations as long as the chosen accommodation is effective.(35) Thus, as part of the interactive process, the employer may offer alternative...
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10. How quickly must an employer respond to a request for reasonable accommodation?
An employer should respond expeditiously to a request for reasonable accommodation....
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11. May an employer require an individual with a disability to accept a reasonable accommodation that s/he does not want?
An employer may not require a qualified individual with a disability to accept an accommodation....
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Who Must Comply with Title I of the ADA?
Private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies, labor unions, and joint labor-management committees must comply with Title I of the ADA....
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Sections 1630.2(a)-(f) Commission, Covered Entity, etc.
Among these terms are “Commission,” “Person,” “State,” and “Employer.” These terms are to be given the same meaning under the ADA that they are given under title VII....
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13. Does an employer have to provide a reasonable accommodation to an applicant with a disability even if it believes that it will be unable to provide this individual with a reasonable accommodation on the job?
An employer must provide a reasonable accommodation to a qualified applicant with a disability that will enable the individual to have an equal opportunity to participate in the application...
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Drug and Alcohol Use
Drug and Alcohol Use It is not a violation of the ADA for employers to use drug tests to find out if applicants or employees are currently illegally using drugs....
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5. What will happen after I ask for a reasonable accommodation?
Your employer may ask you to put your request in writing, and to generally describe your condition and how it affects your work....
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Can an Employer Require Medical Examinations or Ask Questions About a Disability?
Can an Employer Require Medical Examinations or Ask Questions About a Disability?...
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14. Does an employer have to provide reasonable accommodation to enable an employee with a disability to have equal access to information communicated in the workplace to non-disabled employees?
Employers provide information to employees through different means, including computers, bulletin boards, mailboxes, posters, and public address systems....
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Communication Issues for Employers with Maximum Leave Policies
Communication Issues for Employers with Maximum Leave Policies Many employers, especially larger ones and those with generous maximum leave policies, may rely on "form letters" to communicate...
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What happens after I make a request for a reasonable accommodation?
Once you have made a request for a reasonable accommodation, the employer should discuss available options with you....
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III.THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION OBLIGATION
III.THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION OBLIGATION
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3.1 Overview of Legal Obligations
equal employment opportunity....
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100% Healed Policies
employee can perform her job with or without reasonable accommodation unless the employer can show providing the needed accommodations would cause an undue hardship.[7] Similarly, an employer...
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16. If, as a reasonable accommodation, an employer restructures an employee's job to eliminate some marginal functions, may the employer require the employee to take on other marginal functions that s/he can perform?
An employer may switch the marginal functions of two (or more) employees in order to restructure a job as a reasonable accommodation....