Employment Strategies Midterm

Americans with Disabilities Act Title I

Federal law that requires employers meeting certain criteria to provide qualified individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to benefit from the full range of employment opportunities available to others. It prohibits discrimination in hiring, recruitment, promotions, training, pay and other privileges of employment.

Tax Incentive

A Deduction, exclusion, or exemption from a tax liability, offered as an enticement to engage in a specified activity ( such as investment in capital goods) for a certain period. Related to the requirement to provide reasonable accommodations under ADA, a business may receive a tax incentive for taking steps to modify an existing building or structure so that it is in compliance with the law, even if the business is not otherwise subject to the law.

Confidentiality

A set of rules or a promise that limits access or places restrictions on certain types of information

Compliance

Adherence to a recommended or mandated course of action.

Undue Hardship

An employer is not required to make an accommodation if it would impose an "undue hardship" on the operation of the employer's business. "Undue hardship" is defined as an "action requiring significant difficulty or expense" when considered in light of a number of factors.

Reasonable Accommodation

Assistance or changes to a position or workplace that will enable an employee to do his or her job despite having a disability. Under the ADA, employers are required to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities, unless doing so would pose an undue hardship.

Disability

Circumstance in which according to the ADA , an individual has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history of such impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment. For example, a person with a visual impairment could be considered to have a disability according to the ADA.

Major life Activity

Major life activities include, but are not limited to, caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating and working.

Homework

STUDY (your notes, the videos we watched, the handouts)

What to expect

The test will be made up of multiple choice and short answer questions. There will be no essays. Do you need an academic accommodation in order to complete the test, such as a reader or extended time? Now is the time to make those arrangements, NOT the day of the exam!

Self Disclosure

When individuals decide to request an accommodation, they must let their employer know that they need a change at work for a reason related to a medical condition. The individual may have someone request the accommodation for them. The request need not be in writing, although that is usually recommended for the benefit of both the employer and the individual with a disability. An employer is allowed to ask for a restricted amount of disability related information as it relates to the accommodation request. This information must be specifically limited to determining the existence of an ADA disability and the functional limitations that require reasonable accommodation. If an individual's disability is not obvious or known to the employer, the employer may require documentation of the individual's disability and their need for a reasonable accommodation. For this reason, employees often find it helpful to submit the accommodation request with a brief doctor's report outlining the employee's disability and how the requested accommodation will enable them to do the essential functions of the job.