Category: Reasonable Accommodations

Reasonable Accommodations

Under both California State and Federal laws, employers are required to provide reasonable accommodations for those applicants and employees who, because of their disability, are unable to perform the essential functions of their job, unless the accommodation would represent an undue hardship. Reasonable accommodation is any appropriate measure that would allow the individual to successfully and safely perform the essential functions of the job. DMG is skilled at helping employers navigate through the process of identifying and evaluating accommodation requests and ideas to support positive employment outcomes and employer legal compliance.

Building a Better Return-to-Work Program

Dec 5, 2025 | Absence Management, Reasonable Accommodations, Return-to-Work

Building a Better Return-to-Work Program Several years back, I had the pleasure of working as co-lead of the Transition Back to Work Policy Work Group. Under the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy’s (ODEP’s) Stay-at-Work/Return-to-Work...

Keep Calm and Remember the “Interactive Process”

Sep 16, 2025 | Interactive Process, Reasonable Accommodations

Resources for an Easier, More Effective Accommodation Process An employee discloses being diagnosed with a condition that impairs vision, and is already encountering difficulties at work due to the condition. The employee asks: “could you buy me a program I found on...

The tangled web of Conduct, Performance Management and Disability

Jul 12, 2025 | Disability Discrimination, Performance Management, Reasonable Accommodations

What IS Reasonable when it comes to accommodations?

Jun 27, 2025 | Disability Discrimination, Reasonable Accommodations

Recent Posts Building a Better Return-to-Work Program Keep Calm and Remember the “Interactive Process” The tangled web of Conduct, Performance Management and Disability What IS Reasonable when it comes to accommodations? When is enough….ENOUGH? Leave as a...