Explain how your disability affects your job or means you are at higher risk of serious illness with COVID-19.Let your employer know you are a person with a disability.You can ask for reasonable accommodations at any time. The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) has a database where you can search for the accommodations that right for you. You and your employer can work together to determine the accommodations that are right for you and your job. There are many different reasonable accommodations your employer can provide. PPE may help you to reduce your risk of COVID-19 when you are working. PPE is safety equipment you can wear to help protect you from COVID-19.
Your employer may provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as a reasonable accommodation. As a reasonable accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic, you may be assigned tasks where you spend less time around people to reduce your risk of getting COVID-19. “Re-assignment” means giving you a different task or job duty. For example, your employer might have customers to pay online or use a card reader at a safe distance instead of paying with cash. Your employer may restructure your job so you do not have to interact as much with clients, customers and co-workers. “Restructuring” means making changes or adjustments to your job. Your employer may be able to make changes to your job or give you equipment that lets you do your job at home. Working away from customers and co-workers could be an appropriate accommodation if you are concerned about getting COVID-19 while at work. Your employer is not covered by the ADA or DFEH.ĭuring the COVID-19 pandemic, it is very important that accommodations do not put your or others’ health and safety at risk.Changes your job in a significant way or.Would endanger the health and safety of others.Would be too difficult for your employer to provide.Most employers are required to provide reasonable accommodations unless the accommodation: Accommodations during the COVID-19 Pandemic A reasonable accommodation allows you to do your job safely and well. A “reasonable accommodation” is a change to the way you apply for or get a job, your job, the way you do your job or the place where you work. Both laws require most California employers to give employees with disabilities reasonable accommodations. Your RightsĬalifornia’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are laws that protect Californians from disability discrimination in the workplace. Most employers are also required to provide you with reasonable accommodations that allow you to do your job safely. The good news is, there are laws to protect people with disabilities at work. If you are at higher risk of getting severe illness with COVID-19, you might have concerns about working.
You may be starting a new job or going back to work. California businesses are starting to re-open.
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