Employee Illiteracy

You must make all reasonable efforts to safeguard the privacy of an employee who discloses a problem with illiteracy.¹ The employee who discloses a problem of illiteracy and who satisfactorily performs their job cannot be subject to termination because of the disclosure of illiteracy.²

Though illiteracy is not a disability, employers with 25 or more employees must reasonably accommodate and assist an employee who reveals a problem of illiteracy and requests assistance.³

Assistance might include providing the employee with the locations of local literacy⁴ The