Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

• Your Questions Answered

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Who does ADA protect?

• This act protects qualified people with
  disabilities against discrimination in the
  workplace.
• Note qualified people with disabilities
  includes people with impairments that limit
  activities such as hearing or seeing, yet can
  still perform the essential job duties.

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Who else does ADA protect?

• Employees associated with people with
  disabilities
• People with visible impairments that dont
  necessarily limit their abilities. For example,
  an employer may not want to hire a person with a
  physical disfiguration because of negative
  customer reactions to this person.
• A person who is recovering from a serious
  illness, such as cancer

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Who is not covered by ADA?

• Someone with a temporary condition, such as a
  broken bone or a sprain.

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Who has to abide by ADA?

• ADA is a law that applies to all employers and
  employees in the
• Private sector
• State and local governments
• Employment agencies
• Labor unions

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Does a person with a disability get preferential
treatment under ADA?

• No, the point of ADA is to provide equal
  employment opportunities to everyone, which
  includes fair and just treatment to those who do
  not have disabilities.
• This also applies to attendance policies no one
  employee gets more days off than the other and
  everyone is entitled to their specific amount of
  sick time.

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What are the rights involved?

• If a person can perform the essential functions
  of a job despite their disability, they have
  every right to be a part of the workplace.
• If the disabled employee needs reasonable
  accommodations to complete the job, the employer
  should provide them.

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What do you mean by reasonable accommodations?

• Employees with disabilities are entitled to the
  same privileges as their co-workers and
  accommodations should be made to ensure this, as
  long as they do not interfere with the businesss
  finances, resources, and structure.
• These accommodations include adjusting schedules,
  providing interpreters, rearranging furniture,
  and installing access equipment.

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Does ADA expect businesses to go beyond their
financial means to provide these accommodations?

• No, these modifications must be within reason and
  should not be made unless the business is
  financially and structurally able to handle them.
  
• Accommodations such as sign language interpreters
  can be substituted for by writing notes if an
  interpreter is not in the budget.