Disability

Correct Answer: Provide the ergonomic keyboard if it is reasonable and does not cause undue hardship.

Under the ADA, employers are required to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities unless doing so would cause undue hardship. Providing the ergonomic keyboard supports the employee's needs and complies with legal obligations. Denying the request based on company policy ignores the provision for reasonable accommodations. Requiring the employee to purchase the equipment themselves fails to provide necessary support, and immediately approving without considering cost or feasibility could lead to potential challenges if the accommodation imposes significant difficulty or expense on the company.

Correct Answer: Engage in a timely and meaningful interactive process with the employee

The correct answer is 'Engage in a timely and meaningful interactive process with the employee.' Under the ADA, employers are required to engage in an interactive dialogue with employees who have disabilities to identify appropriate accommodations. This process ensures that the accommodations are effective and tailored to the employee's specific needs. The other options are incorrect because automatically implementing every accommodation request without discussion ignores the individualized nature of accommodations, providing accommodations only for permanent disabilities excludes those with temporary disabilities who may also need support, and conducting regular assessments irrespective of employee initiatives does not align with the ADA's requirement to respond to employees' specific accommodation requests.

Correct Answer: To engage in an interactive dialogue to identify appropriate accommodations.

The correct answer is 'To engage in an interactive dialogue to identify appropriate accommodations.' Under the ADA, employers must work collaboratively with employees to determine suitable accommodations that effectively address the employee's needs. The other options are incorrect because immediately implementing accommodations without dialogue may not meet the employee's specific needs, solely evaluating undue hardship overlooks the necessity of finding reasonable accommodations, and seeking external consultants is not the primary responsibility of the employer in this process.