An accounting firm is in the processing of interviewing candidates for the position of receptionist.A job candidate arrives at an interview accompanied by a service dog.Which of the following actions by an employer would best meet the requirements of equal employment opportunity?

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The best choice would be to describe the job requirements and ask the candidate how she would meet them. The presence of a service dog may be a reasonable accommodation for a disability, and the employer needs to engage in an interactive process to determine if the candidate can perform the essential job functions with or without accommodations. Simply excluding the candidate based on the presence of the service dog would be discriminatory, while blindly hiring the candidate without understanding how they can perform the job would be irresponsible. Explaining the no-pets rule does not consider the reasonable accommodation requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). While making accommodations is necessary, these accommodations must be reasonable and not impose an undue hardship on the employer.

An Accounting Firm Is in the Processing of Interviewing Candidates