You are the director of HR for a company that has been stable in size and has had very little turnover in the last 20 years.Consequently,the average age of your employees is 46 and a large proportion of your employees are over 65.You are receiving more frequent requests for accommodation from employees who are developing bad knees,bad hips,bad backs,and other infirmities of age.Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) The ADA has ruled that the cost of accommodating a disability can be calculated either on a case-by-case basis or on a company laborforce basis. Consequently, a company with a large contingent of disabled employees can deny accommodation on the basis of unreasonable cost.
B) The requests for accommodation must be handled under ADA rules.
C) If the disabled employee's present job cannot be changed to accommodate his/her disability, he/she must be shifted to another job if one is available.
D) If the disabled employee cannot be accommodated in the present job, and no other job is available, the individual could legally be terminated.
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