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Division: <br />Equal Opportunity <br />Effective Date: <br />March 11, 2009 <br />Amended: <br />July 31, 2018 <br />July 20, 2017 <br />May 10, 2011 <br />Subject: <br />Procedures for Providing Reasonable Accommodation for <br />Individuals with Disabilities <br />References: <br />Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, (ADA); <br />The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, <br />(ADAAA) <br />Purpose: <br />To provide procedures for receipt, consideration, and <br />processing of requests for reasonable accommodation from <br />employees and job applicants <br />POLICY <br />The "Anti -Discrimination and Harassment Policy" ("Policy") effective <br />October 1, 2005, and amended April 13, 2007, October 17, 2007, <br />February 9, 2010, February 8, 2012, and March 1, 2015 is incorporated <br />herein by reference. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Discrimination and harassment based on disability violate the County of <br />Hawai'i's Anti -Discrimination and Harassment Policy effective October 1, <br />2005, as amended, and federal and state civil rights laws. <br />APPLICABILITY <br />The Reasonable Accommodation Procedures apply to all employees and <br />job applicants. <br />DEFINITIONS <br />"Accommodation file" means a confidential and secure file which <br />contains documentation of the accommodation process. This includes all <br />documentation relating to the request for reasonable accommodation. <br />"Accommodation Resource Manager" (ARM) means the departmental <br />designate who provides assistance, information, and support to decision <br />makers and employees regarding reasonable accommodation, including <br />processing requests for additional medical information when needed.' <br />