Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 659A.118 (2026)

Reasonable accommodation

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      659A.118 Reasonable accommodation. (1) For the purposes of ORS 659A.112, reasonable accommodation may include:

      (a) Making existing facilities used by employees readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.

      (b) Job restructuring, part-time or modified work schedules or reassignment to a vacant position.

      (c) Acquisition or modification of equipment or devices.

      (d) Appropriate adjustment or modification of examinations, training materials or policies.

      (e) The provision of qualified readers or interpreters.

      (2) An employer is not required to provide a reasonable accommodation to an individual who satisfies the criteria for being an individual with a disability for the purposes of ORS 659A.103 to 659A.145 solely because the individual meets the criterion described in ORS 659A.104 (1)(c). [Formerly 659.439; 2007 c.70 §293; 2009 c.508 §8; 2019 c.71 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2004–2025 · leading case: Honstein v. Metro West Ambulance Serv., Inc., 90 P.3d 1030 (Or. Ct. App. 2004).
Cocchiara v. Lithia Motors, Inc., 270 P.3d 350 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). “” ORS 659A.118(1)(b). Those statutes do not transform the at-will nature of a particular job, however, simply because a disabled individual is hired to fill that position.”
Honstein v. Metro West Ambulance Serv., Inc., 90 P.3d 1030 (Or. Ct. App. 2004). “ORS 659A.118. “Undue hardship,” on the other hand, is defined in terms of the impact that the reasonable accommodations will have on the employer, including: “(a) The nature and the cost of accommodation needed.”
Cullen v. Clean Water Servs., 344 Or. App. 228 (Or. Ct. App. 2025). “183(1), and failed to provide reasonable accommodation for his disabil- ity, ORS 659A.118. 236 Cullen v. Clean Water Services Defendants’ motion for summary judgment attacked each of those claims based on a single premise: Plaintiff had resigned prior to both his request for…”
Stamper v. Salem-Keizer Sch. Dist., 97 P.3d 680 (Or. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “” ORS 659A.118. Similarly, 42 USC section 12112 (b)(5)(A) prohibits employers from “not making reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or employee, unless such covered entity…”
Peer v. Rick's Custom Fencing & Decking, Inc. (D. Or. 2022). “109, ORS 659A.118, ORS 659A.040, ORS 659A.043, ORS 659A.”
Cullen v. Clean Water Servs., 344 Or. App. 228 (Or. Ct. App. 2025). “183(1), and failed to provide reasonable accommodation for his disabil- ity, ORS 659A.118. 236 Cullen v. Clean Water Services Defendants’ motion for summary judgment attacked each of those claims based on a single premise: Plaintiff had resigned prior to both his request for…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 659A.118(1)(b) — 1 case
Cocchiara v. Lithia Motors, Inc., 270 P.3d 350 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). “” ORS 659A.118(1)(b). Those statutes do not transform the at-will nature of a particular job, however, simply because a disabled individual is hired to fill that position.”
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