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The Americans with Disabilities Act protects qualified disabled employees from discrimination. HR Daily Advisor gives you the background you need on who’s covered, what constitutes a “reasonable accommodation”, issues involving health insurance and medical leave, tax incentives for employers, and more.

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Yes, ADA May Cover Domestic Violence, Assault, and Stalking

Yesterday’s Advisor covered new guidance concerning the application of Title VII to domestic violence, assault , and stalking; today, the ADA story, plus an introduction to the all-in-one HR problemsolver, HR.BLR.com.
January 14, 2013 | Category: | Read More | 2 Comments

You Can’t Explain ADA Accommodations to Co-Workers

One of HR’s many ADA headaches is coworkers who think an employee who has been given an accommodation is unfairly getting special treatment, say attorneys Julie K. and Audra K. Hamilton. It’s always a difficult situation because you can’t discuss the disability or the accommodation.
July 18, 2012 | Category: | Read More | 4 Comments

Overlooked, Ignored, or Feared—Mental Disabilities

One overlooked, ignored, and/or feared area of the ADA is dealing with employees who suffer from mental disabilities, say attorneys Julie K.Athey and Audra K. Hamilton. Because many mental disabilities are hard to spot, hard to diagnose, and hard to handle, employers may either give too much attention (fear, stigma, termination) or too little, pretending they don’t exist.
July 17, 2012 | Category: | Read More | 4 Comments

Can You Require an Annual Physical? An Alcohol Test? A Prescription List?

Can you require an annual physical? An alcohol test? A prescription list? Generally, no, no, and no. These and other tricky ADA questions are answered in EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance on Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations.
May 21, 2012 | Category: | Read More | 3 Comments

‘Unique Interactive Process’ Key to Appeasing EEOC on ADA

In yesterday’s Advisor, the Advanced Employment Issues Symposium panel offered tips for dealing with an increasingly aggressive Wage/Hour Division; today, the panels advice for dealing with ADA issues, plus an introduction to the leading all-HR-in-one website.
December 26, 2011 | Category: | Read More | 0 Comments

Mental Impairment Accommodation in Action

In yesterday’s Advisor, we got attorney Audra Hamilton’s take on mental disability accommodation. Today, her examples of accommodation in action, plus an introduction to BLR’s popular pre-written policy collection, SmartPolicies.
December 12, 2011 | Category: | Read More | 0 Comments

The Delicate Dance of Addressing Mental Disabilities

Many mental impairments are hard to spot and hard to diagnose, and employers tend to give mental impairments too much attention or too little, says attorney Audra Hamilton.
December 11, 2011 | Category: | Read More | 1 Comments

ADAAA: Skip Step of Determining Disability—Go to Accomodation

In yesterday's Advisor, panelists at BLR's Advanced Employment Issues Symposium (AEIS) in Nashville warned of newly aggressive moves by the NLRB and unions; today, panelists take on ADA for 2012, plus an introduction to the all=HR-in-one website, HR.BLR.com.
November 23, 2011 | Category: | Read More | 1 Comments

Interviewing Candidates with Disabilities—Follow the Guidelines

For everyone who interviews applicants, there is a long list of pitfalls, but surely some of the most challenging and confusing to avoid are those relating to interviewing applicants with disabilities.
November 01, 2011 | Category: | Read More | 0 Comments

Was It OK to Insist that Employee Receive Alcohol Treatment?

If an employer requires an employee to complete an inpatient alcohol treatment as a condition of keeping his job, does it regard him as an alcoholic?
June 08, 2011 | Category: | Read More | 0 Comments
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