The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990 to halt the systemic exclusion of persons with disabilities from the benefits and services available to most citizens. The act applies to education, employment, transportation, communications and public accommodations.
Human Resources serves as the coordinator for employment requests for reasonable accommodations and works with employees, with qualifying disabilities, who may need some type of reasonable accommodation to be successful in their work assignment.
According to the ADA, an employer must provide a reasonable accommodation for the known limitations of a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless the employer can show that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the business, or no accommodation exists that would eliminate a direct threat that the limitation poses to the health or safety of the person or others.
The Human Resource Office may decline to provide an accommodation if such accommodation is an "undue hardship" or "direct threat". If an employee feels that an accommodation has been declined inappropriately, they have the right to file a complaint with the Affirmative Action Office. (507-389-2986)
