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- Limiting mental LTD benefits doesn't violate ADA, ruling says. (two-year limit on long-term mental disability benefits not a violation of Americans with Disabilities Act)
- CINCINNATI - Employers and insurers that cap long-term disability benefits for mental illnesses and not physical impairments are not in violation of accommodation provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal appeals court has ruled. InCINCINNATI - Employers and insurers that cap long-term disability ...
- Research articles 1997-08-11
- Using materials handling to help the disabled. (includes related articles on an interview with Barbara Judy, project manager of the Job Accommodation Network, about the Americans with Disabilities Act and a discussion of Steelcase Inc.'s approach to the A
- Accommodating people in groups of one is at the core of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Carefully selected changes in your materials handling equipment and practices are important to making the disabled strong members of your work force. ...
- Research articles 1993-10-01
- Disability act benefit plan changes seen. (The American Disabilities Act)
- Disability Act Benefit Plan Changes Seen Benefits managers and third party administrators need to know about The American Disabilities Act, which has been called the most sweeping civil rights law passed since the 1960s, disability management expertsDisability Act Benefit Plan Changes Seen ...
- Research articles 1990-12-24
- Jobs not guaranteed for disabled applicants; ADA accommodation decision may end up in Supreme Court.(News)(Americans with Disabilities Act)(Pam Huber vs. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)
- Byline: JUDY GREENWALD ST. LOUIS-The Americans with Disabilities Act does not require an employer to offer a vacant job to a disabled worker as an accommodation if a better qualified applicant is available, says a federal appellate court, ruling o Byline: JUDY GREENWALD...
- Research articles 2007-06-11
- Stress-Free Workplace Not A Reasonable Accommodation Under The Ada
- The case study refers that it is not necessary for an employer to provide a stress-free working environment as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). Another problem that arises for the HR Professionals are the rising cases of romance at the work place. While the merry...
- Case studies 2003-01-01
- Silence Is Golden: telling co-workers about a reasonable accommodation
- The Americans with Disabilities Act ADA requires you to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled employees so that they can perform the essential functions of their jobs. The article says that the Human Resource Department should be prepared to handle co-worker inquiries after a reasonable accommodation is provided to another employee....
- White papers 2000-10-13
- Americans with Disabilities Act basics
- It is important to understand the basic provisions and requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act when selecting employees. Here is an overview of accepted hiring practices and legally required accommodation of individuals with disabilities. There are links to the EEOC Equal Employment Opportunities Commission guidance so you can understand...
- White papers 1998-08-27
- Managing Workers With Disabilities
- The ADA and many state laws protect the rights of employees and job applicants who are disabled. Well written, carefully followed policies will help you steer clear of ADA violations and claims The Americans with Disabilities Act ADA prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against a qualified...
- White papers 2002-08-26
- Reassignment as 'Reasonable Accommodation' Under ADA
- The Americans with Disabilities Act ADA is a complex and sometimes ambiguous law, difficult for both employers and courts to interpret. One important ADA question is what accommodations must an employer make for a disabled applicant or employee? And beyond that, what accommodation amount to what the ADA calls a...
- White papers 2002-08-21
- Managing Workers With Disabilities 2
- The ADA and many state laws protect the rights of employees and job applicants who are disabled. Well written, carefully followed policies will help you steer clear of ADA violations and claims The Americans with Disabilities Act ADA prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against a qualified...
- White papers 2002-08-26
- ADA Accommodation Requests Should Not Violate Bona Fide Seniority Systems
- A recent decision by the United States Supreme Court addresses the conflicts that sometimes occur between a seniority system and a disabled employee's request for "reasonable" accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Court held that employers are entitled to a rebuttable presumption that an accommodation is unreasonable if...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- Recent Case Forces Employers to Rethink How They Respond To Accommodation Requests Under The ADA!
- This article says that employer should provide the specific reasonable accommodation requested by a disabled employee unless the employee's suggested accommodation presents an undue hardship to the employer's operations. This ruling requires employers to rethink the way they address accommodation requests from employees who work in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New...
- White papers 2003-08-21
- Labor & Employment Law Update
- On April 29, 2002, a divided United States Supreme Court held that employers are entitled to a rebut table presumption that a disabled employee's accommodation request under the ADA is unreasonable if it conflicts with the job assignment rules of an employer's seniority system. Under the ADA, employers may not...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- A Human Resource Perspective on Implementing the ADA
- Human Resource HR professionals are key players in business organizations' implementation of the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA, which prohibits, among other things, discrimination based on disability in the workplace. HR professionals are involved with recruitment, pre-employment screening and testing, and the reasonable accommodation...
- White papers 2001-06-01
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- Enabling act. (Americans with Disabilities Act) (editorial)
- The Americans with Disabilities Act, which passed the Senate 76 to 8 last month, seems assured of acceptance by the House. In its present form the law will make it illegal for employers to deny a person a job solely because of a disability and will...
- Research articles 1989-10-23
- Applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Employers who have struggled with the issue of how to handle employee requests for accommodation in the workplace under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). The federal law passed by Congress in 1990 to protect disabled individuals from employment discrimination will find some welcome clarification of their obligations in three...
- White papers 1999-08-01
- The ADA meets the seniority system in the Supreme Court. (Labor Law for Supervisors).(Americans with Disabilities Act)
- In this term of the United States Supreme Court, two employment policies met head-on and scattered the justices into several different camps. The case was US Airways v. Barnett, 122 S. Ct. 1516 (April 29, 2002). The question was: How does the...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- The Americans With Disabilities Act: Employing People with Capabilities
- In an organization, employers must hire and/or retain those individuals who can perform the major functions of the job, unless it can be demonstrated that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the organization. To follow the spirit of the law, organizations will need to adhere to various guidelines,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Can HR Legally Ask the Questions That Applicants with Disabilities Want to Be Asked?
- The article starts with the fact that under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the general rule, familiar to human resources professionals, is that an employer may not ask "disability-related" questions until after it makes a conditional job offer to an applicant. But there are exceptions to the general rule, some...
- White papers 2002-08-01
- Pre-Employment Medical Inquiries - Problems And Pitfalls
- Introduction The Americans with Disabilities Act (the "ADA")1 significantly changed the legal landscape for employers in a host of areas - from the duty to make reasonable accommodation to the physical disabilities of applicants for employment, to the requirement that employers differentiate between essential and non-essential job functions in making...
- Research articles 2005-06-06
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