Silence Is Golden: telling co-workers about a reasonable accommodation
- Topics:
- Disability Insurance
- Tags:
- Accommodation,
- Americans With Disabilities Act,
- Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA),
- Gender And Diversity,
- Human Resources
- Source:
- HR.Com
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Overview: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires you to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled employees so that they can perform the essential functions of their jobs. The article says that the Human Resource Department should be prepared to handle co-worker inquiries after a reasonable accommodation is provided to another employee. Supervisors should be advised to follow a script to avoid ADA liability, and they should not be permitted to go beyond the script without prior approval. You, however, should act carefully in restricting discussion among co-workers whose jobs are affected by the accommodation, particularly in a unionized environment.
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Format: HTML | Size: 40KB | Date: Oct 2000 | Pages: 1
