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Cancer Patients' Rights

Under the Americans With Disabilities Act

Employers must provide reasonable accommodations when cancer is a disability, unless doing so would be an undue hardship (i.e., a significant difficulty or expense). These accommodations include:

• Leaves for doctors’ appointments and/or to recuperate from treatment

• Breaks or a private area to rest or to take medication

• Adjustments to work schedule

• Permission to work at home

• Modification of office temperature

• Reallocation of marginal tasks to another employee

• Permission to use a work telephone to call doctors.

It is your responsibility to inform your employer that you need special accommodations in order to do your job.

For more information, go to: www.eeoc.gov/facts/cancer.html.

Source: U.S. Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission