State & history
Under Irish employment equality law, what must an employer generally do for an employee with a disability?
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✓ Provide reasonable accommodation, unless it is a disproportionate burden
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B Pay a lower salary to cover the extra costs
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✕ Offer only part-time work Your answer
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D Hire the person without any interview
Not quite.
Employers must take appropriate measures, called reasonable accommodation, so that a person with a disability can work, for example by adapting the workplace or working hours. The only exception is where this would cost a disproportionate burden.
Source: Employment Equality Acts 1998–2015, section 16; workplacerelations.ie