Generally, it will be "unreasonable" to reassign an employee with a disability if doing so would violate the rules of a seniority system.(92) This is true both for collectively bargained...
Search Results "Disability"
2010 ADA Definition
Disability: Disability means, with respect to an individual, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; a record of such an impairment; or being regarded as having such an impairment.
(1) The phrase physical or mental impairment means – (i) Any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems: neurological; musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory, including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive; genitourinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; (ii) Any mental or psychological disorder such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities; (iii) The phrase physical or mental impairment includes, but is not limited to, such contagious and noncontagious diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, specific learning disabilities, HIV disease (whether symptomatic or asymptomatic), tuberculosis, drug addiction, and alcoholism; (iv) The phrase physical or mental impairment does not include homosexuality or bisexuality.
(2) The phrase major life activities means functions such as caring for one´s self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.
(3) The phrase has a record of such an impairment means has a history of, or has been misclassified as having, a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
(4) The phrase is regarded as having an impairment means – (i) Has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially limit major life activities but that is treated by a private entity as constituting such a limitation; (ii) Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities only as a result of the attitudes of others toward such impairment; or (iii) Has none of the impairments defined in paragraph (1) of this definition but is treated by a private entity as having such an impairment.
(5) The term disability does not include – (i) Transvestism, transsexualism, pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, gender identity disorders not resulting from physical impairments, or other sexual behavior disorders; (ii) Compulsive gambling, kleptomania, or pyromania; or (iii) Psychoactive substance use disorders resulting from current illegal use of drugs.
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31. Must an employer provide a reassignment if it would violate a seniority system?
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Telecommunications. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Paragraph (d)(1) is retitled, "Telephones" and altered to address situations in which a public accommodation must provide an effective means to communicate by telephone for individuals with disabilities...
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ATTACHMENT A
A H&R BLOCK POLICY REGARDING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING Clients who are deaf or hard of hearing, or with other communication disabilities...
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6. Modifications to the Functional Performance Criterion for Limited Vision
Board proposed to increase the covered acuity range to 20/200 (or a field of vision less than 20 degrees)—which is a common legal definition of blindness—to afford more individuals with disabilities...
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B. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Lewisboro agrees to provide qualified sign language and oral interpreters and other appropriate auxiliary aids and services, when needed for effective communication with qualified persons with disabilities...
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C. Election Judge and Poll Worker Training
of this Agreement, and the need to follow the instructions of the EDSs regarding the implementation of temporary measures on Election Day; Interacting with individuals with disabilities...
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Introduction
When the ADA's minimum requirements are not met, the results can limit or exclude a person with a disability and can be dangerous....
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Breed limitations. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Such deference would have the effect of limiting the rights of persons with disabilities under the ADA who use certain service animals based on where they live rather than on whether the...
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11B-206.4.1 Entrances and exterior ground floor exits
In an emergency situation much time can be wasted if persons with disabilities must travel the full distance to the inaccessible exit door before there is a sign posted indicating that the...
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11B-206.4.1 Entrances and exterior ground floor exits
In an emergency situation much time can be wasted if persons with disabilities must travel the full distance to the inaccessible exit door before there is a sign posted indicating that the...
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11B-228.3.2.1 Public use or common use EVCS
addressed by 2010 ADA Standards, although a case could be made, based on the general obligation for governments to make their services, programs or activities available to individuals with disabilities...
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§ 382.21 Aircraft accessibility
armrests as required by this paragraph, carriers shall configure cabins, or establish administrative systems, to ensure that individuals with mobility impairments or other persons with disabilities...
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Exclusion of service animals. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In the NPRM, in § 36.302(c)(2)(i), the Department proposed that a public accommodation may ask an individual with a disability to remove a service animal from the place of public accommodation...
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Chapter 6 Addendum: Title II Checklist (Curb Ramps and Pedestrian Crossings)
Copies of any feedback received from people with disabilities about the accessibility of your pedestrian crossings. ...
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Section 35.151(f) Housing at a place of education
The transient lodging standards also require that a greater number of units have accessible features for persons with communication disabilities....
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3. Grievance Procedure
Indeed, it is conceivable that a public entity could fully satisfy its obligations to accommodate the disabled while at the same time fail to put forth a suitable transition plan.")....
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Public Postsecondary Schools
Subpart E requires schools to make “academic adjustments” based on individual students’ disabilities and needs....
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Senate Approval
It was “one of the most extraordinary legislative accomplishments I’ve ever seen,” said Neas.69 For the disability community, it was a remarkable victory....
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Achieving ADA/Section 508 Compliance with Ext JS 4.2
Is making your applications ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliant important to you and critical to your business?...
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Section 508 Awareness Video
There are numerous techniques that you can use to ensure that thedocuments you produce are accessible to persons with disabilities....
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Section 1630.15(d) Defense To Not Making Reasonable Accommodation
Simply comparing the cost of the accommodation to the salary of the individual with a disability in need of the accommodation will not suffice....
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Contact Information
Contact Information All the agencies listed below provide technical assistance to help businesses, State and local governments, and individuals with disabilities understand the ADA....
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5. Advance Notice
Advance Notice We sought comments in the Oxygen NPRM about operational reasons, if any, in support of permitting carriers to require a passenger with a disability to provide advance notice...
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Introduction
covered by various other laws, such as section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794); the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4151-4157); and the Americans with Disabilities...