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Don’t nickel and dime ADA accommodations: Everything can’t be essential to the job

09/14/2009

Employers sometimes think they can get around the ADA requirements by calling every task in a job description “essential.” They hope they’ll be able to exclude anyone who can’t do absolutely every aspect of the job. But that strategy can backfire badly because not every task is essential.

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