It will help to remove barriers so that people with disabilities can earn a paycheck and employers can have productive workers. The obligation to provide reasonable accommodation is one of the fundamental requirements of the ADA , which prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities by both private sector and state and local government employers with 15 or more employees. Reasonable accommodations remove obstacles to employment that prevent persons with disabilities from applying for and performing jobs. These barriers may be physical impediments, such as inaccessible facilities or equipment, or inflexible rules, such as when or how a job is performed. The guidance also provides a list of resources to help employers and people with disabilities identify reasonable accommodations.
Undue hardship is a limitation on an employer's obligation to make reasonable accommodation.
The guidance makes it clear that an employer does not have to spend exorbitant sums of money or disrupt its operations to provide a reasonable accommodation. This page was last modified on March 2, 1999.