MN HF4053

Amends Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 363A.08, subdivision 6 to change language regarding employer obligations to provide reasonable accommodations for employees and job applicants with disabilities.

Changes "make" to "provide" a reasonable accommodation and updates terminology from "qualified disabled person" to "individual with a disability" and "disabled persons" to "individuals with disabilities" throughout the statute.

Requires employers, agencies, or labor organizations to initiate an informal, interactive process with individuals with disabilities to identify precise limitations and potential reasonable accommodations that could overcome those limitations.

Specifies that reasonable accommodations may include making facilities accessible, job restructuring, modified work schedules, reassignment to vacant positions, equipment modification, and provision of temporary or periodic aides, but these are not exhaustive requirements.

Maintains existing factors for determining undue hardship and clarifies that prospective employers need not pay for job applicant accommodations if available from alternative sources without cost to the employer or applicant.