WDLT Employee Handbook

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR

EMPLOYEES WITH DISABILITIES AND

PREGNANT WORKERS

Scope

The Reasonable Accommodation for Employees with Disabilities and Pregnant

Workers policy establishes a clear process for requesting, evaluating, and

implementing

reasonable

accommodations

to

ensure

equal

employment

opportunities for all qualified employees and applicants.

Policy and Policy Definitions

It is the policy of We Do Life…Together (WDLT) to provide reasonable

accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities and to

qualified pregnant workers, consistent with applicable federal and state laws,

including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the ADA Amendments Act

(ADAAA), the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), and the Connecticut Fair

Employment Practices Act (CFEPA), to enable them to perform the essential

functions of their positions and to enjoy equal employment opportunities, unless

doing so would cause an undue hardship for WDLT.

WDLT prohibits discrimination against qualified employees or applicants with

disabilities and pregnant workers in all aspects of employment, such as

recruitment, hiring, promotions, training, compensation, and benefits.

Definitions: In general, the following definition apply under ADA and ADAAA:

Disability: A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or

more major life activities, a record of such an impairment, or being regarded as

having such an impairment.

Qualified Person with a Disability: An employee or applicant who, with or

without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the

position that such employee or applicant holds or desires.

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