Fact · Accessibility and health
Under the ADA, an employer that does not make reasonable accommodations for the known limitations of a qualified employee discriminates, unless it can show the accommodation would impose an undue hardship.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“not making reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or employee, unless such covered entity can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the business of such covered entity”
42 U.S.C. 12112: Discrimination under the ADA, employment, United States Congress, Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute, n.d., 42 U.S.C. 12112(b)(5)(A).
Open the original- What it measures
- This is the statutory duty for US employers covered by Title I. It applies to employees and job applicants.
- What it does not show
- The statute states the rule, not how it is applied. Undue hardship is decided case by case and the employer must prove it.