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- Are your Web Pages ADA Compliant?
- Most companies are aware of their ADA responsibilities regarding physical facilities and work-related accommodations. However, many are not aware that the ADA also extends to the accessibility of their Web pages.Read more…
- Case studies 2002-05-01
- Employers May Be Liable for a Hostile Work Environment Under the ADA
- The ADA protects disabled people from discrimination in employment practices. Specifically, it states that covered employers shall not "discriminate against a qualified individual with a disability because of the disability of such individual in regard to job application procedures, the hiring, advancement, or discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training,...
- White papers 2001-06-05
- Can Applicants Be Rejected Because Workplace Threatens Them?
- The case study answers the question Can an employer deny a worker a job because it is pretty sure that the job will be a serious danger to him? Or does a worker have the right to deliberately and knowingly assume that danger, in essence saying "I know the risks...
- Case studies 2002-05-22
- 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
- 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
- Can ADA Trump Your Seniority Policy?
- Does providing "reasonable accommodation" under the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA for a disabled employee includes setting aside a long-standing and nondiscriminatory company seniority policy? That was the ultimate question before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit this month, even after it decided the employee was not...
- White papers 2001-01-30
- 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
- United States: The ADA: More Than An Employment Statute
- To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the ADA the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), two major guidances and a status report are addressed. Many people view the ADA as an employment statute. A public accommodation is a facility whose operations "affect commerce" and which fall within at least one...
- White papers 2003-09-26
- 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
- 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
- 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
- EEOC Issues ADA Handbook for Employers
- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEOC has issued a handbook to help employers comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA. The Americans with Disabilities Act: A Primer for Small Business is designed to be a user-friendly guide for small employers to the basic requirements of the ADA. ...
- White papers 2002-09-05
- How Well Do Your Particular Hiring Practices Comply With ADA?
- The purpose of the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA is to remove restrictions on the employment of disabled individuals. Your hiring procedures -- application forms, interview techniques, examinations, and job descriptions -- all can leave you vulnerable to ADA liability if you don't have a clear sense of your obligations....
- White papers 2001-06-15
- Avoiding ADA Complaints
- The Americans with Disabilities Act ADA extended employment nondiscrimination to "qualified persons with disabilities" The vagueness of some of the words and definitions in the ADA create many opportunities for plaintiffs' attorneys to attack personnel policies. They create many challenges for human resource professionals and for county elected and appointed...
- White papers 1997-05-12
- 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
- ADA Lawsuit Possibly Squelched Based on Low Employee Numbers
- United States Supreme Court examined whether four director-shareholder physicians should be subject to a lawsuit filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA (Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates, P.C. v. Wells, No. 01-1435, Decided: 04/22/03). The issue was whether the four director-shareholder physicians should be counted as ""employees."" Deborah Anne Wells worked...
- Case studies 2003-04-24
- 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
- Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act
- The ADA guarantees that disabled Americans have the same opportunities and access in the workplace, government programs public accommodations, transportation and telecommunications that other citizens enjoy. To qualify for ADA protection, an individual must have a physical or mental disability that impairs a "major life activity," such as walking, seeing,...
- White papers 1999-01-01
- 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
- Hiring Employees & The ADA
- The employee selection process has become much more challenging for all employers but the key to keeping out of "trouble" is PREPARATION and CONSISTENCY. If you have a realistic, up-to-date Job Description, display the Job Description to all potential candidates and advise all candidates of the format of your selection...
- White papers 1997-11-01
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