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28 CFR 42.511 - Reasonable accommodation.

§ 42.511
Reasonable accommodation.
(a) A recipient shall make reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified handicapped applicant or employee unless the recipient can demonstrate, based on the individual assessment of the applicant or employee, that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of its program or activity.
(b) Reasonable accommodation may include making facilities used by employees readily accessible to and usable by handicapped persons, job restructuring, part-time or modified work schedules, acquisition or modification of equipment or devices (e.g., telecommunication or other telephone devices), the provisions of readers or qualified interpreters, and other similar actions.
(c) Whether an accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of a recipient's program or activity depends upon a case-by-case analysis weighing factors that include:
(1) The overall size of the recipient's program or activity with respect to number of employees, number and type of facilities, and size of budget;
(2) The type of the recipient's operation, including the composition and structure of the recipient's workforce; and
(3) The nature and cost of the accommodation needed.
A reasonable accommodation may require a recipient to bear more than an insignificant economic cost in making allowance for the handicap of a qualified applicant or employee and to accept minor inconvenience which does not bear on the ability of the handicapped individual to perform the essential duties of the job.

Title 28 published on 2012-07-01

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United States Code
U.S.C. : Title 29 - LABOR

§ 706 - Allotment percentage

§ 794 - Nondiscrimination under Federal grants and programs

U.S.C. : Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

§ 2000d - Prohibition against exclusion from participation in, denial of benefits of, and discrimination under federally assisted programs on ground of race, color, or national origin

42 USC § 2000d–1 - Federal authority and financial assistance to programs or activities by way of grant, loan, or contract other than contract of insurance or guaranty; rules...compliance with requirements; reports to Congressional committees; effective d

42 USC § 2000d–2 - Judicial review; administrative procedure provisions

42 USC § 2000d–3 - Construction of provisions not to authorize administrative action with respect to employment practices except where primary objective of Federal financial assistance is to provide employment

42 USC § 2000d–4 - Federal authority and financial assistance to programs or activities by way of contract of insurance or guaranty

42 USC § 2000d–4a - “Program or activity” and “program” defined

42 USC § 2000d–5 - Prohibited deferral of action on applications by local educational agencies seeking Federal funds for alleged noncompliance with Civil Rights Act

42 USC § 2000d–6 - Policy of United States as to application of nondiscrimination provisions in schools of local educational agencies

42 USC § 2000d–7 - Civil rights remedies equalization

§ 3701 - Repealed.

§ 3702 - State and local governments to consider courts

§ 5672 - Administrative authority

§ 6103 - Regulations

Statutes at Large

82 Stat. 197

Presidential Documents

Executive Order ... 11246

Executive Order ... 11478

Executive Order ... 12067

Executive Order ... 12250