[nabs-l] hiring a driver/ is hiring a driver a reasonable accomidation?

[David Andrews]

It may not be, which is why I suggested job sharing, forming a team, 
and other creative ideas as alternatives.  Also, on the other hand, 
when making the accommodation the whole of state government needs to 
be considered, not your salary, or the one department you would be 
working for, according to the ADA.  So, Montana couldn't really say 
they couldn't do it because it wasn't reasonable.

Dave

At 02:03 PM 4/4/2009, you wrote:
>hello,
>First,
>To the person who was trying to hire a driver to get to/from school: 
>Are there no taxi cabs where you live? I take a cab to class and VR 
>pays for it.
>
>Second,
>I am pursuing a job with Montana State Parks. At $10/hpur, the 
>position I am interviewing for is the highest paid summer position 
>avaliable within the MT state parks system.  As the pay is so 
>pathetically low, it would probably cost me more money to hire a 
>driver than I could make. Is it a reasonable accommodation to ask a 
>government agency to hire a driver if the "qualifications" section 
>of the vacancy announcement requires a valid drivers license, and, 
>the "duties" section requires almost daily field work?
>
>hanks,
>Jim
>
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