ADA reasonable accommodations vs mental disability
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ADA requires the employer to provide reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities, including mental disabilities. https://www.eeoc.gov/facts/jobapplicant.html
For instance, ADA requires that employers give application tests in a format or manner that does not require use of your impaired skill, unless the test is designed to measure that skill, and it requires that a candidate with learning disability must be provided with extra time to complete a written test, etc.
However, I can't find any information on the reasonable limits of such accommodations. For instance, our company uses a quite standard testing process that includes solving algorithm tasks and whiteboard coding, brain teasers in pair with an interviewer.
Question: can a candidate demand us to change the procedure and exclude some or all of these steps, because 1) none of these tests represents normal work process and 2) these tests put her at undue disadvantage because of her Asperger's?
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ADA requires the employer to provide reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities, including mental disabilities. https://www.eeoc.gov/facts/jobapplicant.html
For instance, ADA requires that employers give application tests in a format or manner that does not require use of your impaired skill, unless the test is designed to measure that skill, and it requires that a candidate with learning disability must be provided with extra time to complete a written test, etc.
However, I can't find any information on the reasonable limits of such accommodations. For instance, our company uses a quite standard testing process that includes solving algorithm tasks and whiteboard coding, brain teasers in pair with an interviewer.
Question: can a candidate demand us to change the procedure and exclude some or all of these steps, because 1) none of these tests represents normal work process and 2) these tests put her at undue disadvantage because of her Asperger's?
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I'm not sure we can answer that here. Seems like you need an expert interpretation of the law.
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ADA requires the employer to provide reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities, including mental disabilities. https://www.eeoc.gov/facts/jobapplicant.html
For instance, ADA requires that employers give application tests in a format or manner that does not require use of your impaired skill, unless the test is designed to measure that skill, and it requires that a candidate with learning disability must be provided with extra time to complete a written test, etc.
However, I can't find any information on the reasonable limits of such accommodations. For instance, our company uses a quite standard testing process that includes solving algorithm tasks and whiteboard coding, brain teasers in pair with an interviewer.
Question: can a candidate demand us to change the procedure and exclude some or all of these steps, because 1) none of these tests represents normal work process and 2) these tests put her at undue disadvantage because of her Asperger's?
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ADA requires the employer to provide reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities, including mental disabilities. https://www.eeoc.gov/facts/jobapplicant.html
For instance, ADA requires that employers give application tests in a format or manner that does not require use of your impaired skill, unless the test is designed to measure that skill, and it requires that a candidate with learning disability must be provided with extra time to complete a written test, etc.
However, I can't find any information on the reasonable limits of such accommodations. For instance, our company uses a quite standard testing process that includes solving algorithm tasks and whiteboard coding, brain teasers in pair with an interviewer.
Question: can a candidate demand us to change the procedure and exclude some or all of these steps, because 1) none of these tests represents normal work process and 2) these tests put her at undue disadvantage because of her Asperger's?
interviewing united-states disability mental-health
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I'm not sure we can answer that here. Seems like you need an expert interpretation of the law.
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I'm not sure we can answer that here. Seems like you need an expert interpretation of the law.
– bruglesco
3 mins ago
I'm not sure we can answer that here. Seems like you need an expert interpretation of the law.
– bruglesco
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I'm not sure we can answer that here. Seems like you need an expert interpretation of the law.
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I'm not sure we can answer that here. Seems like you need an expert interpretation of the law.
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