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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....; Tags: Hiring, Americans With Disabilities Act, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Workforce Management; White papers 2001-06-15
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...; Tags: Hiring, Selection, Americans With Disabilities Act, Profile Evaluation, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Workforce Management; White papers 1997-11-01
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,...; Tags: Hiring, Americans With Disabilities Act, Disability, Cathy Fyock, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Workforce Management; White papers 2003-01-01

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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...; Tags: Americans With Disabilities Act, Worker, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Human Resources, Gender And Diversity; White papers 2001-09-01
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...; Tags: Accommodation, Americans With Disabilities Act, HRZone, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Human Resources, Gender And Diversity; White papers 1998-08-27

The at-risk worker and the ADA. (Labor Law for Supervisors).: The Americans with Disabilities Act ADA prohibits employers from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities based on their disabilities. The ban covers discrimination in hiring and other types of workplace advancement. One type of unlawful discrimination can be the use of qualification standards that may serve...; Tags: Chevron Corp., disability, job, regulation, supervisor, U.S. Congress, worker, workplace; Research articles 2002-11-01
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.; Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., Americans With Disabilities Act, Small Business, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Harassment, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity; White papers 2003-06-03
THE DUTY TO ACCOMMODATE A PERSON WHO IS PERCEIVED AS DISABLED: SAY IT ISN'T SO: Many workers in today's workplaces have physical or mental impairments. Many of those impaired workers could benefit from accommodations in the policies and practices governing their workplaces. But which impaired employees must legally be accommodated?Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 protects qualified individuals with disabilities from...; Tags: accommodation, ConAgra Foods Inc., disability, impairment, job; Research articles 2006-07-01
U.S. judicial decisions.(Legal Reporter): ADA. In an employment discrimination case, the United States Supreme Court has overturned a lower court's ruling and remanded the case. A federal appeals court had ruled that a company's blanket rule of refusing to rehire employees who had been fired or who quit to avoid...; Tags: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Raytheon Co.; Research articles 2004-03-01