undue hardship
Unreasonable difficulty imposed
Undue hardship is a legal standard describing burden or difficulty beyond what's reasonable to expect.
In employment law, it limits how far employers must go to accommodate disabilities or religious practices: The company argued that installing an elevator would cause undue hardship.
What counts as undue varies by context—a large corporation faces higher expectations than a small business.
The phrase appears in discrimination law, bankruptcy proceedings, and contract disputes.
- Title VIIEmployment discrimination prohibition statute
- financial burdenCostly ongoing obligation
- essential functionsTasks a role requires
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
justice · accessibility standards · compassion · compliance · human rights · cost analysis · bottom line · workplace flexibility · bending over backwards · equity · level playing field · ADA · ethical dilemmas · legal precedent · moral duty · time allocation · risk management · reciprocity
- Disability Rightsdisability rights, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodation, accessibility
- contract defectsduress, fraud, misrepresentation, mistake, nullity
- civil rightsequal protection, equal rights, Civil Rights Act, right to life, Voting Rights Act
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law
- disability employmentdisability inclusion, reasonable accommodation, workplace accessibility, ADA, accommodations
- discrimination lawanti-discrimination, nondiscrimination, gender bias, pay discrimination, discrimination lawsuit
undue hardshipminor inconvenience
undue hardshipreasonable accommodation
Workplace change enabling disabled participation
undue hardshipease
Lack of strain
convenience · comfort · simplicity · effortlessness · business as usual
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