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
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