EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Equal Employment Opportunity

Equal Employment Opportunity

Introduction

According to the situation described, the following Act has been applied for individuals with disability. Americans with Disabilities Act On July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act signed into law intending to make the American environment more accessible to individuals with disabilities (Fielder, 2004). The general purpose of this legislation is to extend the prohibition against discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, and national origin to individuals with disabilities.

Discussion

This further protects individuals with disabilities in recruitment, pre-employment screening, hiring, promotions, layoffs and termination's, and any other term, condition, or privilege of employment. Private employers, state and domestic governments, employment agencies, and labor unions are covered in the act. In addition, the ADA applies to all aspects of participation in environment, including employment, public adjustments, transportation, and telecommunications (Krieger, 2003).

The ADA prepares employees by offering appropriate information and individual training on the provisions of the ADA, its relevance to the functioning of the organization as a whole, and the responsibilities of specific individual (Fielder, 2004). There might be as many as one thousand different disabilities that affect over forty-three million Americans. Two of ADA's two major sections, Titles II and III, concern the operation of state and domestic government and places of public adjustment (Johnson, 2000). They require new public and commercial facilities to be accessible to individuals with disabilities. Modifications to existing facilities need to be made only if the cost is 'readily achievable' and does not cause an undue financial or administrative burden.

To be protected under the ADA an individual ought to have a physical or mental impairment that substantially affects one or more major life activities. The impairment might not be due to environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantages. For instance a individual who cannot read because they have ...