Americans With Disabilities Act

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Americans with Disabilities Act This presentation is about The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was passed by the United States Congress in 1990. This Act is to prevent discrimination against people with mental and physical disabilities. According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, the basic definition for a medical condition or disorder is “an impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a record of such an impairment, or being regarded as having such an impairment”. The American with Disabilities Act, also, states that a disability is when a person has a medical condition or a disorder, called an impairment, which can substantially limit them from doing the basic activities or major life activities.…show more content…
They must be able to “perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations” (ADA, 2009). The essential functions are the duties that are required in the position. This means that if a person who is capable of performing a job task, he or she should be allowed an interview and hired for the position as it would for any other qualified individual, and to give them the same opportunity and treat them fairly. If the disability does not interfere with the ability to perform essential tasks, then it should not affect employment (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,…show more content…
Garcia’s extended leave of absence, The Americans with Disabilities Act, according to the EEOC and most courts, it is required of employers to grant the leave of absence. It is considered a reasonable accommodation under the ADA, even though it is different from most reasonable accommodations. The court’s ruling was fair; no one can determine the length of time it takes to recover from an illness. The employer of Mrs. Garcia needs to revise their ‘blanket company policy’ that limits an employee’s leave to one year. It is the law that companies follow the rules that are set by the ADA regarding reasonable accommodations. Each employee’s situation should be dealt with individually and each assessment is essential to the employee’s disability claim. In another case, Epps v. City of Pine Lawn, Officer Epps is from a small town requesting a six month leave and the courts determined that his request is unreasonable. The city of Pine Lawn cannot relocate the policeman job duties among the small staff of fifteen policemen. The court concluded that the Officer Epps request was not vital in their decision for not granting him the leave, but the relocating of his duties will be disruptive and thereby causing an undue hardship for the small police station. (Great Lakes ADA Center,

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