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Direct linkAlice Jensen – ProQuest LLC, 2024
U.S. policies such as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 and the Americans with Disabilities Act support the inclusion of adults with disabilities in all areas of employment. Through WIOA, the federal government required public entities to provide training and help job seekers with disabilities access high-quality, competitive,…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Labor Force Development
Peer reviewedJohnson, Virginia Anne – Volta Review, 1993
Presents results of surveys, taken before and after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of employers and workers who are deaf, identifying two categories of factors impacting job retention and advancement: (1) individual worker performance attributes, and (2) aspects of the work environment. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Civil Rights Legislation, Deafness, Employment Patterns
Download full textMancuso, Laura L. – 1994
This brief paper summarizes requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 related to employing and accommodating workers with psychiatric disabilities. The following topics are addressed: (1) what is meant by a psychiatric disability under the ADA, its severity, and its effect on the employment of the individual; (2) popular…
Descriptors: Adults, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Disability Discrimination
Meservey, Lynne – Child Care Information Exchange, 1993
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) makes it unlawful to discriminate in all employee practices such as recruitment, hiring, promotion, training, benefits, pay, firing, job assignment, leave, lay-off, and all other employment-related activities. (PAM)
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Disabilities
Peer reviewedPack, Nancy C.; Foos, Donald D. – RQ, 1992
Outlines the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 in regard to libraries. Discusses the responsibilities libraries have in hiring disabled persons and providing services, accommodations, and telecommunications, and describes ADA compliance activities in Florida. (96 references/notes) (EA)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
Sagan, Jean S., Ed.; Rebel, Thomas P., Ed. – 1995
This volume contains 32 articles and sample documents treating legal issues in higher education employment focusing on major issues arising in a non-unionized setting. The first of six sections contains seven articles on the employment relationship in general that touch on current legal trends in employee selection procedures, employment…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Colleges, Compliance (Legal), Conflict Resolution
2000
This document contains three papers from a symposium on workplace issues that was conducted as part of a conference on human resource development (HRD). "Maximizing Opportunities for the Aging Workforce through Workplace Design" (Virginia W. Kupritz), reports on the second phase of study of the office design features needed to provide…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Learning, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)
