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Direct linkMcMahon, Brian T.; Leslie, Mykal J.; Li, Grace W.; Rumrill, Phillip D., Jr.; Simpson, Paige E.; Grover, James M. – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2021
Background: In exploring the matter of sensory loss and job discrimination, the National EEOC ADA Research Project (NEARP) seeks to answer a singular question. Objective: How do persons with hearing loss (HL) vs. visual loss (VL) experience the nature and scope of workplace discrimination differently, if at all? Methods: The NEARP team uses an ex…
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Visual Impairments, Hearing Impairments, Gender Differences
Download full textVagins, Deborah J.; Gatta, Mary – American Association of University Women, 2019
Sexual harassment has long been a significant problem for women workers. But with the emergence of the #MeToo movement, there has been a renewed public, cultural and academic focus on workplace harassment. "Limiting our Livelihoods: The Cumulative Impact of Sexual Harassment on Women's Careers" investigates the compounding impact of…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Females, Work Environment, Experience
Johnston, Sara Pfister – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this research was to examine the patterns and themes of litigation in Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) disability discrimination cases charged under the theory of disparate impact. Specifically, this study used Computer Assisted Legal Research (CALR) to identify and review all U.S. Appellate Court ADA disparate impact cases as…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disability Discrimination, Content Analysis, Mixed Methods Research
Complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act: Assessing the Costs of Reasonable Accommodation.
Peer reviewedHollwitz, John; And Others – Public Personnel Management, 1995
Describes a system, based on job analysis, to assess costs of reasonable accommodation to guarantee compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Illustrates how job analysis is used to list and rate job functions and requisite abilities and to estimate costs of accommodation. (SK)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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
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
