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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Reasonable accommodations in employment under NYC Human Rights Law
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The NYC Human Rights Law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to allow individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
- Accommodations may include schedule adjustments, equipment changes, communication modifications, and structural changes to workplaces.
- Employers must provide these accommodations unless they can demonstrate undue hardship.
- The law aims to ensure equal access to employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
JoAnn Kamuf Ward
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In employment, reasonable accommodations allow individuals to perform essential job functions.
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This can involve schedule adjustments, equipment changes, communication modifications, as well as structural changes to workplaces.
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Employers, like other covered entities, must make such accommodations unless they can demonstrate an undue hardship.