Undue Hardship

Meaning

According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), undue hardship means:

significant difficulty or expense and focuses on the resources and circumstances of the particular employer in relationship to the cost or difficulty of providing a specific accommodation

Undue hardship is a limitation on the employer's obligation to provide reasonable accommodation. The EEOC refers to undue

not only to financial difficulty, but to reasonable accommodations that are unduly extensive, substantial, or disruptive, or those that would fundamentally alter the nature or operation of the business.

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