3.9 7. Essential Functions

• Library: Disability Law and Practice, Vol. 3 (NY) 2017

7.. Essential Functions

In determining whether or not a particular activity related to a job is an “essential function” in regard to whether or not an employee is “qualified” for a particular position, one must determine whether or not the task or function is fundamental to the performance of the job the individual holds or desires.

Job functions may be considered essential for any of several reasons including, but not limited to:

• The function may be essential because the reason the position exists is to perform that function;
• The function may be essential because of the limited number of employees available among whom the...