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City of Eugene <br /> Human Resource and Risk Services Policies <br /> in all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. The City will give applicants and <br /> employees with disabilities reasonable accommodations, except where making an <br /> accommodation would create an undue hardship for the City. Every City employee holds the <br /> responsibility of creating an environment free from discrimination or harassment, including <br /> discrimination or harassment due to a disability. <br /> The Human Resource and Risk Services Department will provide notice to all applicants and <br /> employees of the procedures for requesting accommodation; work with applicants who <br /> request accommodation during selection processes; work directly with hiring supervisors to <br /> ensure compliance to the ADA; work with supervisors to ensure that they are trained on the <br /> ADA; and, work with supervisors when accommodation needs are requested by employees. <br /> Applicants or employees of the City of Eugene who feel they have a disability that requires <br /> accommodation should follow the procedures outlined below to request accommodation. <br /> 3-115.1 Procedures for Applicants (Revised 05/14/04) <br /> 1. All requests for reasonable accommodation during the selection process from <br /> a qualified applicant with a disability, including requests for accommodation <br /> in completing the application, testing, or interview, should be directed to the <br /> Recruitment and Selection Manager in Human Resources as early in the <br /> selection process as practical. <br /> 2. The Recruitment and Selection Manager or his/her designee will contact the <br /> applicant within two working days of receiving the request to discuss the <br /> precise limitations resulting from the disabilityandpotential accommodations <br /> that could address those limitations. <br /> 3. The applicant will be required to provide a written statement from his/her <br /> physician to verify the disability, the limitation, and the legitimate need for <br /> an accommodation prior to any accommodation being made. <br /> 4. The Recruitment and Selection Manager and the, hiring supervisor will <br /> determine the feasibility of the accommodation requested, or other alternative <br /> reasonable accommodations, in light of all the circumstances. <br /> 5. The Recruitment and Selection Manager or his/her designee will notify the <br /> applicant of the decision regarding accommodation within five working days <br /> of receiving the information from the applicant's physician. <br /> 6. The City will maintain the applicant's medical information in a confidential <br /> <br /> Human Resource and Risk Services Revised: 05/14/04 <br /> <br />