Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 723 – Reasonable accommodation duties
(a) A qualified person with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in a good-faith effort to seek an employment opportunity must apprise the employer, employment agency or labor organization of the person’s disability, submit any necessary medical documentation, make suggestions for such possible accommodations as are known to such person with a disability and cooperate in any ensuing discussion and evaluation aimed at determining possible or feasible accommodations.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 723
- Disability: means any condition or characteristic that renders a person a person with a disability as defined in this section. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 722
- Employer: means a person qualifying as an employer under § 710 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 722
- Person with a disability: means any person who satisfies any 1 of the following:
- Qualified person with a disability: means a person with a disability who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can satisfactorily perform the essential functions of the job in question:
- Reasonable accommodation: means making reasonable changes in the work place, including, but not limited to, making facilities accessible, modifying equipment and providing mechanical aids to assist in operating equipment, or making reasonable changes in the schedules or duties of the job in question that would accommodate the known disability of a person with a disability by enabling such person to satisfactorily perform the essential duties of the job in question; provided that "reasonable accommodation" unless otherwise prescribed by applicable law, does not require that an employer:
(b) Once a qualified person with a disability has requested an accommodation, or if a potential accommodation is obvious in the circumstances, an employer, employment agency or labor organization shall investigate whether there are reasonable accommodations that can be made and make reasonable accommodations as defined in § 722(6) of this title. If affirmatively requested in writing by the employer, employment agency or labor organization, the person with a disability may be required to accept the employment opportunity in writing as a precondition to the initiation of such investigation.
66 Del. Laws, c. 337, § ?2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§ ?261, 262;