Legal Question in Disability Law in Minnesota

Skills testing and the ADA
If the ability to differentiate colors is required for a position, is it legal to test applicants for color blindness and screen out those who indicate an inability to differentiate colors? Are there any restrictions to testing against a specific disability, such as color blindness?

Asked on 3/30/99, 11:50 am

Barbara C. Johnson Law Office of Barbara C. Johnson

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Re: Skills testing and the ADA

If the ability to differentiate between colors

is (1) a legitimate requirement of the job and

(2) an "essential function" of the job and

you cannot perform that with a reasonable

accommodation, you have no case.

Barbara C. Johnson

Law Office of Barbara C. Johnson

6 Appletree Lane

Answered on 4/07/99, 6:43 pm

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