Is the employer required to make the requested acommodation? Assume the person is a qualified individual with a disability Yes, No or Maybe A front desk agent is injured in a diving accident and must use a wheelchair for the rest of his life.  He can return to work at the front desk, but the hotel would have to lower a part of the front desk for him to talk to the guests.   A lawyer in a hotel’s legal department is diagnosed with a permanent anxiety disorder from being a lawyer too long.  He asks for an office in a quiet part of the building and permission to take extra breaks when necessary to help him stay calm.   A new food server has epilepsy.  She wants the restaurant to stop the flashing lights on the Christmas tree near the front door while she’s working because they can cause her to have seizures.   A hotel reservations agent asks to work online at home because her disability makes it difficult to get to work.  All the other reservations agents work in an office at the hotel and most of them would also like to work at home.   After a hip replacement surgery, a restaurant busser returns to work, but he can no longer carry heavy dish pans.  He asks for a cart that he can push around to collect dishes, but none of the other bussers are allowed to use carts because it’s crowded.

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Is the employer required to make the requested acommodation?

Assume the person is a qualified individual with a disability

Yes, No or Maybe

A front desk agent is injured in a diving accident and must use a wheelchair for the rest of his life.  He can return to work at the front desk, but the hotel would have to lower a part of the front desk for him to talk to the guests.

 

A lawyer in a hotel’s legal department is diagnosed with a permanent anxiety disorder from being a lawyer too long.  He asks for an office in a quiet part of the building and permission to take extra breaks when necessary to help him stay calm.

 

A new food server has epilepsy.  She wants the restaurant to stop the flashing lights on the Christmas tree near the front door while she’s working because they can cause her to have seizures.

 

A hotel reservations agent asks to work online at home because her disability makes it difficult to get to work.  All the other reservations agents work in an office at the hotel and most of them would also like to work at home.

 

After a hip replacement surgery, a restaurant busser returns to work, but he can no longer carry heavy dish pans.  He asks for a cart that he can push around to collect dishes, but none of the other bussers are allowed to use carts because it’s crowded.

 

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