Reassignment as a Reasonable Accommodation

If an employee can no longer perform the job’s essential functions, reasonable accommodation might include transfer to a different job or schedule.¹

As part of the interactive process, employers should evaluate suitable alternate, vacant positions for an employee with a disability. Employers must offer employees with disabilities alternative positions, for which they are qualified, when:

• The employee can no longer perform the essential functions of the current position even with accommodation; or
• Accommodation of the employee’s current position creates undue hardship; or