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- Tips For Human Resource (HR) Professionals
- Human Resource HR professionals are key players in business organizations' implementation of the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act 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 process, as...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Reference And Requests For Information Policy
- The Reference and Requests for Information policy states that all inquiries regarding a present or past employee are to be referred to the Human Resources Department. Only factual information concerning an employee will be released. This information may be confined to confirming that the individual was employed with the company,...
- Tools & templates 2007-11-16
- Court Ruling That Employer's Integrity Test Violated ADA Could Open Door to Litigation
- Since the use of polygraphs in most employment settings was outlawed in 1988, employers have been flocking to integrity or honesty testing as the best way to get behind a prospective employee's resume. As many as 5 million tests are given a year, and the testing industry, which has been...
- White papers 2005-09-01
- 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
- The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and Injured Workers
- The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA is civil rights legislation that extends to persons with disabilities the same protection against discrimination that has been in place for other persons on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, and age. The ADA covers all aspects of participation...
- White papers 2001-09-01
- Backlash, the Political Economy, and Structural Exclusion
- This paper explores the backlash against and hostility toward the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA by examining the relationship between politics, policy, and economics - particularly with regard to the interests of business. The paper argues that the backlash against the ADA is a product of capitalist opposition. This opposition...
- White papers 2003-07-20
- Disability Discrimination: Pushing the Limits
- A study published by the American Bar Association reports that nearly 95% of lawsuits filed under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act ADA and nearly 80% of administrative claims of disability discrimination are ultimately decided in favor of the defendant. However, at the same time, employers and their HR departments...
- White papers 2004-02-01
- Mediation and Title I of the ADA
- Mediation is a unique form of Alternative Dispute Resolution ADR. Mediation is a process in which a neutral third party assists two or more disputants in finding a mutually acceptable solution to their conflict. The mediator facilitates discussions, enhances communications, and uses a variety of other skills and techniques to...
- White papers 2002-03-01
- Communicating the Americans With Disabilities Act - Transcending Compliance: 1996 Follow-Up Report on Sears, Roebuck and Co.
- The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA continues to shape employment, governmental services, telecommunications, public accommodations, and perhaps most important, public attitudes. The ADA is the most comprehensive federal law to address discrimination against an estimated 50 million Americans. Its implementation remains the subject of intense public policy debate....
- White papers 2003-02-11
- ADA Issues in Public Schools
- Any architect involved with school design over the past decade has become very familiar with the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA; groundbreaking legislation that went into effect in 1992. This legislation impacts countless facets of school design, from doorways to door handles. Although most architects are now thoroughly proficient in...
- White papers 2004-11-18
- Studying The Employment Of Persons With Disabilities
- There are varied types of people in the world. Some are blessed with ‘extra something' that provides them an opportunity to take on the world. Still, there are some who possess the talent, but fail to give a proper shape due to lack of means and bad fate. The people...
- Webcasts 2003-06-18
- Pre-Employment And The ADA: Disability Questions And Medical Exams
- From the executive summary: ‘In the past, some employment applications and interviews requested information about an applicant's physical or mental condition. The information was often used to exclude applicants with disabilities before their ability to perform the job was even evaluated. It was observed that applicants were often asked...
- Webcasts 2004-05-26
- ADA Successfully Launches Organizational Change Initiative
- From the executive summary: ‘It is possible for a large, mature, professional membership association to make significant governance changes in a timely fashion. The leadership and management are fully committed to the new governance structure. Governance and management must be congruent in their goals and supportive of each other as...
- Case studies 2003-01-01
- When Is A Disability A Disability Under The Americans With Disabilities Act?
- From the executive summary: ‘The Supreme Court has set appropriate limits on who should be protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA and has restricted the group of individuals likely to be successful with an ADA claim. Practically speaking, however, the decisions should not change the manner in which...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- When You Build a City on a Hill…The ADA is implicated: A case review
- This article describes a case in which an engineering firm, Engineering, Inc.1, was retained to design improvements to the streetscape of a small, suburban town, ("Town") located in a hilly section of central Massachusetts. The design of the streetscape improvements implicated the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") and state accessibility...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- 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
- Summary of the EEOC's Guidance on the Application of the ADA to Contingent Workers
- The EEOC issued new enforcement guidance on December 27, 2000, to further explain the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA to contingent workers. Contingent workers are broadly defined as workers who are placed in positions by staffing firms, which include agencies such as temporary employment agencies...
- White papers 2003-06-18
- 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
- Complying With The ADA: An Update From The U.S. Supreme Court
- It has been observed that ADA prohibits employers from discriminating against a qualified individual with a disability because of that disability. A "qualified individual" is one who can perform the essential functions of a particular job either with or without a reasonable accommodation. A "disability" is a physical or mental...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- ADA and Small Business
- The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits disability discrimination in employment for employers with 15 or more employees. The prohibition is far-reaching and covers hiring, firing, and everything in between, such as promotions, benefits, and harassment in the workplace.
- White papers 2003-06-03
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