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Ada And Psychiatric Disabilities
1,893 wordsTHE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT Orientation to Topic 1 Purpose of Study 1 2 EEOC GUIDELINES ON PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES 4 Mental Impairments Under the ADA 4 Substantial Impairment 5 Disclosure of Mental Disability 7 Requesting Reasonable Accommodations 8 Selected Types of Reasonable Accommodation 10 Direct Threat Exception 13 Alleged discrimination against employees with psychiatric problems is the second most common type of Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) claim filed with the federal ...
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Using Arrest Records In Hiring
1,203 wordsThe Supreme Court's 1966 Miranda ruling providing for the right to remain silent is now a well-known phrase thanks to American mass media and, especially, popular television police dramas. However, not nearly as well known is, that for better or worse, this right can also be extended to the workplace. The topic of this paper is to examine the legality and issues involved with regard to questioning applicants during the hiring process about their arrest and conviction records. Discrimination occu...
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Equal Employment Opportunity Affirmative Action Programs
1,274 words... study involving sexual harassment a sixteen year old girl Ms Krohn reported that she was indecently assaulted and sexually harassed by her Co-worker Mr Stafford. In particular, Ms Krohn said that on one occasion Mr Stafford led her out of sight of the other Co-workers, grabbed her, kissed her on the mouth and placed his hand inside her clothing, touching her genital area and breasts. Ms Krohn left the employer at lunchtime that day, and was taken by a friends mother to the local police stati...
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The Civil Rights Act Of 1991
1,223 wordsThe constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights were suppose to be enough to guarantee equal rights for all people, however, after the emancipation of slaves the government needed to ensure the equality of the freed people so created the Civil Rights Act of 1866. Since then there has been Civil Rights Acts in 1871, 1957, 1964, 1972, and 1991. Each act reinforces the one before it, and adds one or two new provisions. This repetitive action shows that the only way people pay attention...
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Equal Employment Opportunity Civil Rights Act
683 wordsThe history of affirmative action has its roots in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act provided the initial legal basis for affirmative action for women in the workplace. Affirmative action is a policy to encourage equal opportunity and to level the playing field for groups of people who have been and are discriminated against. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, affirmative action, "Is considered essential to assuring that jobs are genuinely and...
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