The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Overview, Regulations and InterpretationsNova Publishers, 2003 - 153 páginas The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) enacted on 16 July 1990, provides broad non-discrimination protection for individuals with disabilities in employment, public accommodations and services operated by public entities, transportation, and telecommunications. This book summarises the major provisions of the act as amended and discusses recent issues including rules, Supreme Court decisions, regulations and information sources. |
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The Americans with Disabilities Act Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Regulations for Individuals with Disabilities | 27 |
The Americans with Disabilities act ADA An Overview of the Major Provisions and Issues | 30 |
The Americans with Disability Act Post Sutton Decision on Definition of Disability | 46 |
The Americans with Disabilities Act Supreme Court to Hear Case Involving HIV Infection | 52 |
Americans with Disabilities Act Regulations and Information Sources | 58 |
The Americans with Disability Notification Act HR 3590 | 66 |
The Americans with Disabilities Act ADA Statutory Language and Recent Issues | 74 |
The Americans with Disabilities Act ADA Supreme Court Decisions | 116 |
The Americans with Disabilities Act Eleventh Amendment Issues | 126 |
The Americans with Disabilities Act Supreme Court Cases 20012002 Term | 134 |
Index | 138 |
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Página 6 - disability" means, with respect to an individual (A) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; (B) a record of such an impairment; or (C) being regarded as having such an impairment.
Página 28 - Act (1) to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities...
Página 65 - All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this section, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin.
Página 41 - Where appropriate and to the extent authorized by law, the use of alternative means of dispute resolution, including settlement negotiations, conciliation, facilitation, mediation, factfinding, minitrials, and arbitration, is encouraged to resolve disputes arising under this Act.
Página 32 - employer" means a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce who has 15 or more employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year...
Página 84 - reasonable accommodation" may include (A) making existing facilities used by employees readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities; and (B) job restructuring, part-time or modified work schedules, reassignment to a vacant position, acquisition or modification of equipment or devices, appropriate adjustment or modifications of examinations, training materials or policies, the provision of qualified readers or interpreters, and other similar accommodations for individuals with...
Página 32 - No covered entity shall discriminate against a qualified individual with a disability because of the disability of such individual in regard to job application procedures, the hiring, advancement, or discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
Página 100 - Subject to the provisions of this title, no qualified individual with a disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by any such entity.
Página 52 - direct threat" means a significant risk to the health or safety of others that cannot be eliminated by a modification of policies, practices, or procedures or by the provision of auxiliary aids or services.
Página 32 - qualified individual with a disability" means an individual with a disability who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the employment position that such individual holds or desires.