Legal Rights
July 15, 2023

Workplace Accommodations for Employment Success

This workplace accommodation database can help your teen exercise legal rights.

Veda Collmer
Workplace Accommodations for Employment Success

Employers must make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals (employees with a documented disability), unless the accommodation will cause the employer undue hardship.  Accommodations can be modifications to the work schedule or job duties (e.g., flexible work schedules), changes to physical environment (e.g., a ramp), or accessible technologies (e.g., screen readers).  

Teaching your child to ask for reasonable accommodations will help them succeed in the workplace.  For ideas about how different accommodations can help improve workplace performance, check out the Job Accommodation Network website, Jan.org.  Jan offers accommodation ideas, including a vast database of different accommodations for different skills levels.  

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