Accommodating a Disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act Checklist

Summary

This checklist guides employers' counsel in properly evaluating and responding to an employee's request for a workplace accommodation for a disability. This is a non-jurisdictional checklist; it does not cover all potential state and local law distinctions. The analysis is under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act as amended in 2008 by the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADA). 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. Although this checklist focuses on accommodating employees with disabilities, the same basic analysis also applies to job applicants with disabilities.