Accommodations Producing Hardship On Employer

In choosing which accommodation to utilize, those accommodations that impose an ''undue hardship'' upon the employer need not be provided. Where either of two effective accommodations would enable an individual with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job, the EEOC advises that the ''preference of the individual with a disability should be given primary consideration.'' While preference is to be given to the choice of the person with a disability, the EEOC's Interpretive Guidance on the ADA recognizes that the employer has ''the ultimate discretion to choose between effective accommodations.'' Hence, faced with two effective accommodations, the employer ''may choose the less expensive accommodation or the accommodation that is easier to provide.''