DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT (APA Style Format)

Running Head: DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT

Disability Discrimination in Employment

According to the Americans with Disabilities Act

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In an extension of research demonstrating disability discrimination within the work force, this paper focuses on the laws designed to prevent such discrimination. These laws protect individuals with disabilities in recruitment, pre-employment screening, hiring, promotions, layoffs and termination's, and any other term, condition, or privilege of employment. The Americans With Disabilities Act not only opened the door for millions of Americans to get back into the workplace, it is paving the road for new facilities in the workplace, new training programs and creating jobs designed for a disabled society. The preamble to the law states that it covers 43,000,000 Americans. The ADA is one of the most significant laws in American History. In this paper I will give a brief description of the statutes set by the Americans With Disabilities Act and further discuss what employers are required to do according to the A.D.A.

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and some of the regulations they must abide by.

Disability Discrimination in Employment

According to the Americans with Disabilities Act

On July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act signed into law intending to make the American society more accessible to people with disabilities. The general purpose of this legislation is to extend the prohibition against discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, and national origin to persons with disabilities. This further protects individuals with disabilities in recruitment, pre-employment screening, hiring, promotions, layoffs and termination's, and any other term, condition, or privilege of employment. Private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies, and labor unions are covered in the act. In addition, the ADA applies to all aspects of participation in society, including employment, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications.

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