Phase 3 of 3 · Hard Conversations
Reasonable accommodation
A change to the job, schedule, equipment, or workplace that lets a qualified person with a disability do what the role actually requires, unless it causes undue hardship.
Talk, do not guess. Name the real duties first, then the change, then the hardship test.
In plain English
A reasonable accommodation is a practical change that lets a qualified person do the duties the job actually requires, unless it causes undue hardship.
- What it looks like in business
- An employee asks for a different schedule after a medical event. The owner does not guess. A consultant helps name the real duties, the request, and the interactive talk.
- Why it matters
- Ignoring a request, or firing into a medical situation, is how a small shop walks into a disability claim it never saw coming.
Reading it once is not the same as knowing it. Put this term in the daily rotation and let the quiz come back for it.
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Where it sits
Phase 3: Hard Conversations
A fair process for performance, complaints, accommodations, and exits so the owner is not both the boss and the only adult in the room.