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
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 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
Reasonable Accommodation Links
(Separate Website)
If you have questions about what reasonable accommodations are, what is available, where to get items to accommodate a disability or who to contact, you can find an answer here.
By: ADA Coordinator's Office
What Happens After a Charge of Employment Discrimination is Filed with the EEOC?
(Separate Website)
What happens after you file a charge with the EEOC about an employment discrimination? Here you can learn the different ways the EEOC handles these charges.
By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Workers' Compensation Under the Longshore Act.
(Separate Website)
This Act, administered by the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), Employment Standards Administration, U. S. Department of Labor, offers compensation and medical care to employees disabled from injuries that occur on the navigable waters of the United States, or in adjoining areas customarily used in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Questions and Answers on Common Employment Questions
ADA Questions and Answers
(Separate Website)
This information has been compiled to assist the general public in understanding and complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act. It does not constitute a determination by the Department of Justice of your rights and responsibilities, and it is not binding on the Department.
By: JAN ADA Hot Links and Document Center
Wage and Hour: Answers to Questions Most Often Asked by Employees
(Separate Website)
Do you have questions about Alaska's labor laws? The answers to this set of questions most often asked by employees may help you.
By: State of Alaska, Wage and Hour Administration Offices
I Have Applied for a Promotion 100 Times, and I Keep Getting Turned Down for No Apparent Reason.
However, when they hire for this position, they are hiring people with fewer skills than I have, or they hire people with whom they have a personal relationship. Is there something I can do?
By: Kathleen Frederick (Member, Alaska Bar Association Employment Law Section)
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