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Questions and Answers on Common Employment Questions

Q & A About Diabetes in the Workplace and the ADA (Separate Website)
Have questions about accomodations or discrimination due to diabetes at the workplace? Look here for to read what the laws are and what you need to know.
By: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Q & A About Epilepsy in the Workplace and the ADA (Separate Website)
Here you can find information and answers to many questions about Epilepsy in the workplace.
By: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Q & A About Intellectual Disabilities in the Workplace and the ADA (Separate Website)
Here you can find information addressing problems for applicants and employees with intellectual disabilities in the workplace.
By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Q & A About the Association Provision of the ADA (Separate Website)
The association provision is to prevent employers from taking adverse actions against someone because of a relationship or association with someone with a disability.
By: EEOC

Q & A About Blindness and Vision Impairments in the Workplace and the Americans with (Separate Website)
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. Title I of the ADA makes it unlawful for any employer to discriminate against a qualified applicant or employee because of a disability in any aspect of employment.
By: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act) Information

The ADA: Your Employment Rights as an Individual With a Disability (Separate Website)
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) makes it unlawful to discriminate in employment against a qualified individual with a disability. The ADA also outlaws discrimination against individuals with disabilities in state and local government services, public accommodations, transportation and telecommunications. This booklet explains the part of the ADA that prohibits job discrimination.
By: U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission

Disability Discrimination (Separate Website)
What is an individual with a disability? What is a reasonable accommodation? This gives a brief description of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and what employers are required to do.
By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Discriminatory Practices (Separate Website)
Discriminatory Practices is a term that covers many different aspects of the law. The EEOC has designed this page to be informational and understandable.
By: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

CHAPTER 43--EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES (Separate Website)
Need to know your reemployment rights as a veteran? Here you can read the full text of the Veterans' employment and reemployment rights act.
By: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Veterans' Employment and Training Serv.

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Legal services are provided statewide by Alaska Legal Services Corporation to residents that are at least 60 years of age. Services that can be provided are income maintenance, housing, health care, wills, consumer issues, and information and referrals. View the brochure to find out more.
By: Alaska Legal Services Corporation

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