Accommodations for Current Employees and Applicants for Employment. 

The Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX (OIETIX) serves as Cornell University’s coordinator for compliance with the: 

• Employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal, state, and local analogues. Collectively, these laws require employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified prospective and current employees with disabilities, unless doing so would cause undue hardship.  

• Provisions of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the New York State Human Rights Law requiring employers to reasonably accommodate the needs of an employee for their pregnancy and childbirth, unless doing so would cause undue hardship. 

• Religious accommodation provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other federal, state, and local analogues. Collectively, these laws require employers to provide reasonable religious accommodations to qualified prospective and current employees, unless doing so would cause undue hardship. 

For student accommodations please contact Student Disability Services (SDS) by at sds_cu@cornell.edu or (607) 254-4545. For more information, please visit the SDS website: https://sds.cornell.edu/accommodations-services.

Please contact OIETIX at equity@cornell.edu or 607-255-2242 with any employee or applicant accommodation questions or concerns.