The fact that an employee is awarded workers' compensation benefits, or is assigned a high workers' compensation disability rating, does not automatically establish that this person is protected...
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9.2 Is a Worker Injured on the Job Protected by the ADA?
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Poll Worker Training
The Supervisor shall ensure that all poll worker training materials emphasize that by law, individuals with disabilities, including individuals who are blind or visually impaired,...
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GettingHired: Empowering Individuals & Veterans with Disabilities
Bridging the Gap Between Job Seekers with Disabilities & Employers Looking to Hire Find a Job: Find a Perfect Job to Match Your Skills, Your Interests & Your Career...
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17. Can compensation be discussed as part of the mediation?
Can compensation be discussed as part of the mediation? Yes. However, any discussion of monetary or other compensation must be mutually agreed upon by the parties....
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9.4 What Can an Employer Do When a Worker is Injured on the Job?
9.4 What Can an Employer Do When a Worker is Injured on the Job?...
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b. State Laws
State Laws ADA requirements supersede any conflicting state workers' compensation laws....
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C. Election Judge and Poll Worker Training
Prior to each election during the term of this Agreement, as part of its training program for election judges and poll workers, Harris County will provide training on Title II of the...
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QUESTION: UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES IS A PVO REQUIRED TO COMPENSATE A PASSENGER WITH A DISABILITY FOR LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO A WHEELCHAIR OR OTHER ASSISTIVE DEVICE?
39.95 QUESTION: UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES IS A PVO REQUIRED TO COMPENSATE A PASSENGER WITH A DISABILITY FOR LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO A WHEELCHAIR OR OTHER ASSISTIVE DEVICE?...
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Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) was authorized by Congress in the Department of Labor's FY 2001 appropriation. Recognizing the need for a national policy to ensure...
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Pre-Employment, Pre-Offer
Pre-Employment, Pre-Offer An employer may not require a job applicant to take a medical examination, to respond to medical inquiries or to provide information about workers' compensation...
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What if an employer has concerns about an applicant’s ability to do the job in future?
Employers cannot fire or choose not to hire a qualified person now because they fear the worker will become too ill to work in the future....
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FindLaw - ADA: Disabilities & Your Rights as an Employee
FindLaw - ADA: Disabilities & Your Rights as an Employee Discrimination in employment against qualified individuals with disabilities is prohibited by the federal Americans...
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9.5 Do the ADA's Pre-Employment Inquiry and Confidentiality Restrictions Prevent an Employer from Filing Second Injury Fund Claims?
Without a second injury fund, if a worker suffered increased disability from a work-related injury because of a pre-existing condition, the employer would have to pay the full cost....
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6.5 Confidentiality and Limitations on Use of Medical Information
Relevant information may be provided to state workers' compensation offices or "second injury" funds, in accordance with state workers' compensation laws....
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42. May an employer tell other employees that an individual is receiving a reasonable accommodation when employees ask questions about a coworker with a disability?
In addition, the Commission has interpreted the ADA to allow employers to disclose medical information in the following circumstances: (1) in accordance with state workers' compensation...
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Questions and Answers about Health Care Workers and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Though they are “committed to promoting health through treatment and care for the sick and injured, health care workers, ironically, confront perhaps a greater range of significant workplace...
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2.2 Individual With a Disability
Accordingly, it is not the same as the definition of disability in other laws, such as state workers' compensation laws or other federal or state laws that provide benefits for people with...
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"Light Duty" Jobs
"Light Duty" Jobs Many employers have established "light duty" positions to respond to medical restrictions on workers recovering from job-related injuries, in order to reduce workers...
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8. May an employer tell employees who ask why their co-worker is allowed to do something that generally is not permitted (such as working at home or working a modified schedule) that she is receiving a reasonable accommodation?
May an employer tell employees who ask why their co-worker is allowed to do something that generally is not permitted (such as working at home or working a modified schedule) that she is...
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Keeping Medical Information Confidential
emergency treatment or require some other assistance at work; to individuals investigating compliance with the ADA and similar state and local laws; and where needed for workers...
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Americans with Disabilities Act
Its employment provisions prohibit discrimination in job application procedures, hiring, advancement and termination and provide for equal access to workers’ compensation; job training;...
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Section 1630.14(b) Employment Entrance Examination
State workers' compensation laws are not preempted by the ADA or this part....
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18. Does an employer have to hold open an employee's job as a reasonable accommodation?
See EEOC Enforcement Guidance: Workers' Compensation and the ADA at 16, 8 FEP Manual (BNA) 405:7391, 7399 (1996) [hereinafter Workers' Compensation and the ADA]....
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Risk Cannot be Speculative or Remote
' compensation or insurance costs....
