ACCOMMODATING EMPLOYEES WITH DISABILITIES

An Overview for Faculty, Administrators, and Staff

Employees

Employees wishing to request accommodations should identify themselves to the Director of Personnel. Employees will need to complete a request form, obtain any necessary diagnostic evaluations, and provide documentation of a disability requiring accommodation. If an accommodation is approved, an employee should notify the Director of Personnel if the accommodation is not provided.

Director of Personnel

Upon an employee’s request for accommodation, the Director of Personnel (or designee) will meet with the employee to discuss the request and the documentation needed to evaluate the request. The Director of Personnel (or designee) should provide the employee with W&L's accommodation policy and procedures and documentation guidelines to assist the employee’s diagnosing/treating professional. The Director of Personnel (or designee) evaluates and maintains all disability records. The Director of Personnel (or designee) determines eligibility for accommodations and specifies approved accommodations to the employee’s supervisor or department head, consulting, as he/she deems necessary, with the employee’s supervisor/department head, and/or other professionals. The Director of Personnel (or designee) is available to supervisors and department heads for consultation on implementing approved accommodations.

Supervisors/Department Heads

Supervisors/Department Heads provide disability accommodations approved by the Director of Personnel (or designee), upon receipt of a letter from the Director of Personnel (or designee). Supervisors/Department Heads receiving an unapproved request for disability accommodation should refer the employee to the Director of Personnel.

President

The President or designee resolves conflicts in the provision of accommodations, or their denial, that the employee cannot resolve with the Director of Personnel (or designee.)

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