Terms: Disability Employment (287,000), disability (72,400,000), disabilities (44,400,000), abilities (46,600,000), employees with disabilities (179,000),
Terms: New Freedom Initiative (105,000),
Terms: disability (72,400,000), disability-specific (78,500),
Terms: adults with disabilities (605,000), americans with disabilities (4,170,000), individuals with disabilities (2,920,000), with disabilities (23,800,000), workers with disabilities (193,000), customers with disabilities (168,000), people with disabilities (7,150,000), applicant with a disability (13,200),
Terms: disability community (677,000), disability advocates (107,000), disability associations (1,210),
Terms: one stop career centers (161,000),
Terms: vision disabilities (56,000), hearing disabilities (96,300), speech disabilities (54,900),
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Complaint Referral Service - The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' complaint referral service is designed to help place you in contact with the appropriate office for obtaining information about the complaint process. In addition to providing information specific to your situation, the referred office will be able to further assist you in the event you decide to initiate a discrimination complaint. 1-800-552-6843 or (202) 376-8513 - referrals@usccr.gov
The Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - For further information, contact the Office of Legal Counsel's Attorney of the Day at 202-663-4691.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - The ADA's nondiscrimination standards also apply to federal sector employees under section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended, and its implementing rules.
Executive Branch Resources on GPO Access - U.S. Government Manual: Contains background information, contact information, and Web addresses for Federal agencies.
Terms: President's Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities (28,700), Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act (2,000), Employment of Individuals with Disabilities (6,100),
Employment of People With Disabilities, President's Committee on Created by EO 12640 of May 10, 1988. Duties subsumed by the Office of Disability Employment within the Department of Labor as directed by Public Law 106-554 of Dec. 21, 2000.
Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act - 29 U.S.C. § 791, Implementing Regulation: 29 CFR § 1614.203
29 CFR § 1614 is the implementing regulation for federal agencies of the Rehabilitation Act - Section 1614 - Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity
Section 501 requires affirmative action and nondiscrimination in employment by Federal agencies of the executive branch. To obtain more information or to file a complaint, employees should contact their agency's Equal Employment Opportunity Office.
Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
DOD Spiff Notes - A Quick Reference Guide for Managers
The ADA specifically lists "reassignment to a vacant position" as a form of reasonable accommodation. This type of reasonable accommodation must be provided to an employee who, because of a disability, can no longer perform the essential functions of his/her current position, with or without reasonable accommodation, unless the agency can show that it would be an undue hardship.
Examples of Reasonable Accommodations
· Making existing facilities used by employees readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities
· Job restructuring
· Modification of work schedule
· Providing additional unpaid leave
· Reassignment to a vacant position (last resort)
· Acquiring or modifying equipment or devices
· Adjusting or modifying examinations, training materials or policies
· Providing qualified readers or interpreters
· Think outside the box!
· If accommodation is possible by adjustment, then do so!
President's Committees on Employment
of People with Disabilities
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEOC Policy Guidance on Executive Order 13164: Establishing Procedures to Facilitate the Provision of Reasonable Accommodation October, 2000
EEOC Enforcement Guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act and Psychiatric Disabilities March, 1997
EEOC Enforcement Guidance: Workers' Compensation and the ADA September, 1996
Terms: disability discrimination (1,130,000),
DOT Disability Resource Center - DOT 1011.1 - U.S. Department of Transportation Procedures for Processing Reasonable Accommodation Requestion by Employees and Applicants with Disabilities - 202-493-0625
5-1. TIME PERIOD FOR PROCESSING REQUESTS: Requests for accommodations shall be processed, and accommodations, if appropriate, provided, in as short a timeframe as reasonably possible. The timeframe necessary to process a request will vary depending upon the nature of the accommodation requested, the need for supporting information, and other factors. However, absent the need for supporting medical information and/or the existence of other extenuating circumstances, a request for reasonable accommodation shall be processed and the accommodation, if granted, provided, within twenty-five (25) business days from the date the request is received by the decision maker or by a party designated to receive such requests in Section 2-3, above. Each party involved in processing a request shall document the time used to complete each step of the process.