As a service provider, you should be considering accommodations in line with the Americans with Disabilities Act — not only physical accommodations, but others that impact your service delivery. Bottom line: your business should be accessible by all persons. If you have customers who are deaf, for example, you...
The Duties of Landlords and Tenants Let's say you're a small business owner leasing a facility and you want to make sure it is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). So, who is in charge of making any needed changes? You or your landlord?...
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers need to know what a job entails in terms of requirements. While a job description certainly helps, the description may need to include specific physical, training, experience, and other factors as well. Knowing what a job needs helps...
As we continue to focus on employer/employee relationships and bringing people back work, this is good time to talk about the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Interactive Process, and what kinds of conversations employers should be having with their employees who may need accommodations...
This story from the Wall Street Journal notes that federal contractors will now have to ask their employees one question that used to be forbidden: Do you have a disability? U.S. regulations going into effect next week require for the first time that federal contractors—a group...