The EEOC recently published an article, Providing an Accessible Workplace, which while directed at federal agencies also includes important guidance for private employers as well. As the nation’s largest employer, the federal government must, under President Biden’s June 2021 Executive Order 14035, develop strategic plans for enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the federal workforce. Building on this, the EEOC guidance provides an overview, as well as specific caselaw discussion, of federal employers’ obligations to accommodate a range of employee disabilities.
