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1. Evolving Approach to Covered Electronic Content
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7.9 Health Insurance and Other Employee Benefit Plans
An employer cannot fire or refuse to hire an individual with a disability because the employer's current health insurance plan does not cover the individual's disability, or because the...
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3.3 What Is a Reasonable Accommodation?
accommodation is a modification or adjustment to a job, the work environment, or the way things usually are done that enables a qualified individual with a disability to enjoy an equal employment...
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I. Plan Development
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has guidance that discusses what information employers are allowed to gather when developing an emergency evacuation plan.4 According to...
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7.7 Evaluations, Discipline and Discharge
7.7 Evaluations, Discipline and Discharge An employer can hold employees with disabilities to the same standards of production/performance as other similarly situated employees...
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Granting Leave as a Reasonable Accommodation
for the employer....
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D. Technical standards for construct validity studies
Construct validation is a relatively new and developing procedure in the employment field, and there is at present a lack of substantial literature extending the concept to employment practices...
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Rehabilitation Act Amendments
Rehabilitation Act Amendments ________________________________________________________________ 10/29/1992 Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act emphasize employment as the primary...
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7.1 Introduction
7.1 Introduction The nondiscrimination requirements of the ADA apply to all employment practices and activities....
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Section 1630.8 Relationship or Association With an Individual With a Disability
The employer thereupon declines to hire the applicant because the employer believes that the applicant would have to miss work or frequently leave work early in order to care for the spouse...
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Section 1630.9(b)
Section 1630.9(b) This provision states that an employer or other covered entity cannot prefer or select a qualified individual without a disability over an equally qualified individual...
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Sources of Technical Assistance
Information Line is available during weekdays to provide technical assistance on the ADA Standards for Accessible Design and other ADA provisions applying to businesses, non-profit service agencies...
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Reasonable Accommodation
equal employment opportunity....
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3. Do requests for reasonable accommodation need to be in writing?
Alternatively, an employer may ask the individual to fill out a form or submit the request in written form, but the employer cannot ignore the initial request....
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Separate Programs
Examples A state agency provides opportunities for people with developmental disabilities and their families to enhance independence, productivity, and inclusion....
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Relationship to Other Laws
., or the regulations issued by federal agencies pursuant to that title. (b) Section 504. ...
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b. State Laws
For example: Some state workers' compensation statutes make an employer liable for paying additional benefits if an injury occurs because the employer assigned a person to a position likely...
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Q. Does the ADA take safety issues into account?
The ADA expressly permits employers to establish qualification standards that will exclude individuals who pose a direct threat -- i.e., a significant risk of substantial harm -- to the...
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INTRODUCTION
Title I of the ADA requires an employer to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment, except when such accommodation...
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9.1 Overview of Legal Obligations
9.1 Overview of Legal Obligations An employer may not inquire into an applicant's workers' compensation history before making a conditional offer of employment....
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8.9 Drug Testing
8.9 Drug Testing An employer may conduct tests to detect illegal use of drugs. The ADA does not prohibit, require, or encourage drug tests....
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To whom does the Guidance apply?
The Guidance applies to private and to state and local government employers with fifteen or more employees....
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1. Significant risk of substantial harm
Significant risk of substantial harm An employer cannot deny an employment opportunity to an individual with a disability merely because of a slightly increased risk....
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2.1 Introduction
2.1 Introduction The ADA protects qualified individuals with disabilities from employment discrimination....