Fact · Accessibility and health
The EEOC says an employer may choose among reasonable accommodations, as long as the one it chooses is effective.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The employer may choose among reasonable accommodations as long as the chosen accommodation is effective.”
Enforcement Guidance on Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship under the ADA, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2002, Section on the employee's choice of accommodation.
Open the original- What it measures
- The guidance gives this as an answer to whether an employer must provide the accommodation the employee wants.
- What it does not show
- The guidance says the choice can favor the less expensive or easier option, but only when it is equally effective.