Accommodation Services for Postdoctoral Trainees
- Workplace accommodations for postdocs with diabilities
- Transportation Accomodations
- Limitations Due to Pregnancy, or Childbirth
- Lactation Resources
Workplace accommodations for postdocs with diabilities
The University of Pennsylvania has equal opportunity programs for faculty and staff with disabilities. The Office oversees these programs and the provision of reasonable accommodations for faculty and staff as well as guests and visitors.
Federal law defines a disability as any physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; having a record of such an impairment; or being regarded as having such impairment. A "qualified individual with a disability" is a person who is capable of performing the essential functions of a particular job or of participating in a particular course of study with or without reasonable accommodations.
The University complies with applicable federal, state and local law and provides reasonable accommodations for qualified faculty and staff to allow them to perform the essential functions of their jobs, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship for the department or center.
Transportation Accomodations
Penn Access Transit (PAT) is operated by Transportation and Parking in the Division of Business Services. PAT is available to members of the University's community with mobility and visual disabilities or those with limitations due to pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions. The Office of Equal Opportunity Programs authorizes the use of PAT by faculty, staff and visitors to the campus. Faculty and Staff must complete the Penn Access Transit Request Form and may be required to provide medical documentation to support the request.
Limitations Due to Pregnancy, or Childbirth
In compliance with applicable federal, state and local law and provides reasonable accommodations for qualified faculty and staff who require accommodations to allow them to perform the essential functions of their jobs because of limitations due to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship.
Federal law defines limitations due to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions as physical or mental conditions related to, affected by, or arising out of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. A qualified individual with limitations due to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions means an individual (1) who with or without reasonable accommodation can perform the essential functions of the employment position; or (2) who cannot perform one or more essential functions of the position if the inability to do so is temporary, the employee could perform the essential function(s) in the near future, and the inability to perform the essential function(s) can be reasonably accommodated. An employee with a limitation lasting for the duration of a pregnancy (40 weeks) is considered to be able to perform the essential function(s) in the near future.
Lactation Resources
Visit the Family Resource Center website
Through the Family Resource Center, postdocs can access a variety of lactation resources. Including:
- Instructions on how to locate and access lacation rooms
- Connecting with chest/breastfeeding parents and specialists
- Requesting free Medela Symphony Breast Pump Kits
- And a variety of community resource pages