Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an employer must provide reasonable accommodation unless it would cause:
Correct Answer
C) Undue hardship on the business
The ADA requires reasonable accommodation unless it would cause undue hardship, which considers factors like cost, size of business, and nature of operations.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Under the ADA, employers must provide reasonable accommodations for qualified employees with disabilities unless doing so would cause 'undue hardship' on the business. Undue hardship is defined as significant difficulty or expense relative to the employer's size, financial resources, and nature of operations. This is the specific legal standard established by the ADA, balancing employee rights with business realities and operational constraints.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Any additional cost to the company
Changes in job responsibilities can be part of reasonable accommodation, such as reassigning non-essential functions. Job modifications are often necessary and acceptable unless they fundamentally alter the position's essential functions.
Option B: Other employees to work overtime
The ADA doesn't exempt employers from any additional cost. Many reasonable accommodations involve some expense, but employers must still provide them unless the cost creates undue hardship relative to their resources and business size.
Option D: A change in job responsibilities
Requiring other employees to work overtime is not automatically grounds for denying accommodation. If overtime is the only way to provide reasonable accommodation and doesn't create undue hardship, it may be required.
Memory Technique
Remember 'UNDUE = UNaffordable DUE to business size' - undue hardship considers what's truly unaffordable relative to the company's resources, not just any cost.
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