Title I Employment

Facts About the Americans with Disabilities Act http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/fs-ada.cfm

Enforcement Guidance: 
Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship Under the Americans with Disabilities Act
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/accommodation.html

The Americans With Disabilities Act: Applying Performance And Conduct Standards To Employees With Disabilities
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/performance-conduct.html

Small Employers And Reasonable Accommodation
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/accommodation.html

Titles I and V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/ada.cfm

 ADA Guidance Documents for Employers

Enforcement Guidance: Unlawful Disparate Treatment of Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities (5/23/07)
Explains how to determine whether discrimination against persons with caregiving responsibilities constitutes unlawful disparate treatment under federal EEO law.

Questions and Answers about EEOC's Enforcement Guidance on Unlawful Disparate Treatment of Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities

Employer Best Practices for Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities

Enforcement Guidance: Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship Under the Americans With Disabilities Act (10/17/02)
Discusses a wide range of issues concerning an employer's obligation to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, including requests for reasonable accommodation and the interactive process, different types of accommodations for applicants and employees, and undue hardship. Also includes a resource directory. This document replaces an enforcement guidance with the same name dated 3/1/99.

Policy Guidance On Executive Order 13164: Establishing Procedures To Facilitate The Provision Of Reasonable Accommodation (10/20/00)
This policy guidance explains the requirements of Executive Order 13164, which requires federal agencies to establish effective written procedures for processing requests for reasonable accommodation.

Enforcement Guidance on Disability Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations of Employees Under the Americans with Disabilities Act(July 26, 2000)
Explains when it is permissible for employers to make disability-related inquiries and require medical examinations of employees.

Questions and Answers: Enforcement Guidance on Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations of Employees Under the Americans with Disabilities Act

Instructions for Field Offices Analyzing ADA Charges After Supreme Court Decisions Addressing "Disability" and "Qualified" (07/26/99)
Discusses the Supreme Court's rulings in Sutton v. United Airlines, Inc., Murphy v. United Parcel Service, and Albertsons Inc. v. Kirkingburg, and provides analysis for determining whether individuals who use mitigating measures are covered under the ADA. Also discusses the Supreme Court's decision in Cleveland v. Policy Management Systems Corp, addressing when a person who applies for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits may still be considered "qualified" under the ADA.

EEOC Enforcement Guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act and Psychiatric Disabilities (3/25/97)
Addresses how the ADA's definition of disability, standards on disclosing disabilities and assessing direct threat, and requirements to provide reasonable accommodation are applied in the context of psychiatric disabilities. It also addresses conduct and direct threat issues.

EEOC Enforcement Guidance on the Effect of Representations Made in Applications for Benefits on the Determination of Whether a Person Is a "Qualified Individual with a Disability" Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) (2/12/97)
Explains why representations made in connection with an application for disability benefits (e.g, social security disability benefits and workers' compensation) should not be an automatic bar to an ADA claim.

EEOC Enforcement Guidance: Workers' Compensation and the ADA (9-3-96)
Discusses the relationship between Title I of the ADA and state workers' compensation laws. Explains how the standards for determining whether someone has a disability within the meaning of the ADA differ from the standards for determining eligibility for workers' compensation benefits. Reasonable accommodations, including light duty assignments, for individuals with occupational and non-occupational injuries are discussed.

ADA Enforcement Guidance: Preemployment Disability-Related Questions and Medical Examinations (10/10/95)
Explains the ADA's provisions on disability related inquiries and medical examinations at the pre and post offer stages.

Interim Enforcement Guidance on the Application of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to Disability-based Distinctions in Employer Provided Health Insurance (6/8/93)
Explains the types of provisions in employer-provided health insurance plans that may violate the ADA. The guidance describes how to identify "disability-based" distinctions in health insurance plans and gives examples of several specific types of provisions that may violate the ADA. Also discusses how an employer might demonstrate that a particular plan provision is not a "subterfuge" to evade the purposes of the ADA.

RETALIATION

New Compliance Manual Section 8 - Retaliation (5/20/98)
This manual section provides guidance and instructions for investigating and analyzing claims of retaliation.