7. What is the degree of expertise or skill required to perform the function? The list of job duties looms large in employers efforts to comply with ADA regulations.

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the individual must have the requisite skills, educational background, and experience to perform the jobs essential functions. A job function is essential when it is the reason the position exists or when the function is so specialized that the firm hired the person doing the job for his or her expertise or ability to perform that particular function. If the disabled individual can t perform the job as currently structured, the employer is required to make a reasonable accommodation, unless doing so would present an undue hardship.