Employer-Provided Leave and the Americans with Disabilities Act

Additional Information

The EEOC has issued a number of documents that discuss how the ADA addresses various leave issues:

• Revised Enforcement Guidance: Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/accommodation.html (see "Leave" under "Types of Reasonable Accommodations")

• Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues, www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/pregnancy_guidance.cfm (see section II.B., ADA and Reasonable Accommodation)

• The Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/fmlaada.html (see "Comparison of ADA and FMLA Leave" and "ADA Compliance When the FMLA Also Applies")

• Enforcement Guidance: Workers' Compensation and the ADA, www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/workcomp.html (see "Return to Work Decisions" and "Reasonable Accommodation")

• The Americans with Disabilities Act: Applying Performance and Conduct Standards to Employees with Disabilities, www.eeoc.gov/facts/performance-conduct.html (see "Attendance issues")

Additional information on the requirements of the ADA and section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act can be found on EEOC's website, www.eeoc.gov.