The Essential Jargon Of Disability Law

Several phrases have become terms of art in disability discrimination law, and employers who don’t understand them risk failing to comply with complex state and federal rules. Ogletree Deakins attorney Patti C. Perez looks at five key terms – Interactive Process, Essential Job Functions, Individual Assessment, Job Restrictions, and Reasonable Accommodation – how they play out on the job floor, and how they work together to create a system of requirements and rules that need to be observed in order to avoid disability lawsuits.