A receptionist who is blind works at a law firm. She cannot see the lights on the phone console which indicate telephone lines are ringing, on hold, or in use by staff. The employer purchases a light probe, a penlike product which detects a lighted button. A clerk-typist with severe depression and problems with alcoholism experiences problems with the quality and quantity of her work. Employee is provided with extended sick leave to cover a short period of hospitalization and a modified work schedule to attend weekly psychotherapy treatment.
Treatment is covered by company medical plan.
An individual who has a congenital heart defect which limits strenuous activity, and mobility limitations due to childhood polio works as a receiving clerk, which requires unpacking merchandise, checking it in, assigning numbers, and making price checks. A rolling chair with locking wheels, which adjusts to the level of the task.