Workplace Laws for People With Disabilities

The Americans with Disabilities Act and Amendment (Choose 2)

• Keeps people with disabilities FROM getting jobs

• Makes it unlawful to discriminate against people who have a disability

• Makes it unlawful to discriminate in the area of employment

• Only applies to people with physical disabilities

If your disability makes it impossible for you to do the job you want, the employer can deny you the job

• True

• False

The ADA applies to

• All employers

• Only employers with 15 or more employees

• Only employers with 15 or less employees

A person is considered disabled under the ADA if: (Choose 3)

• They broke their foot

• They have a permanent physical impairment

• They lost their voice because they have a cold

• They have a mental impairment

• They have a learning or intellectual impairment

Examples of reasonable accommodations include

• Letting the employee come and go as they please

• Making job site accessible for wheelchair

• Modifying the work equipment

• Letting the employee stay home whenever they want

The ADA prohibits discrimination at work in the area of (CHOOSE 4)

• Job application

• Transportation to and from work

• Job interview

• On the job

• After the person works at the job

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) laws (CHOOSE 3)

• Cover the basic rights of applicants

• Cover the basic rights of employees

• Cover the basic rights of former employees

• Cover the rights of the owners of the business

• Do not help employees

An "Applicant" is

• The business owner

• A person applying for a job

An employee is

• The person who HIRES for the job

• The person who is HIRED to do the job

According to the EEOC, (CHOOSE 3)

• You have no rights at work

• you cannot be harassed at work due to a disability

• you can be treated differently at work due to a disability

• you cannot be treated differently at work due to a disability

• you cannot be treated unfairly at work due to a disability