Under the ADA, the law is designed to isolate an employer's consideration of an applicant's non-medical qualifications from any consideration of the applicant's medical condition. An employer may not ...

Even though people with disabilities want to work, their unemployment rate is nearly double that of non-disabled individuals—even as companies who prioritize workplace inclusion are better off.

I have been curiously observing the aftermath of the pandemic as it relates to the disability employment space. Covid-19 caused many layoffs and career uncertainties, with workers with disabilities ...

NDEAM is devoted to extolling the virtues of workers with disabilities. As my inbox surely can attest in these early days of the month, October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM ...

For more than 40 million Americans, job applications may pose a challenging question: Do you have a disability? Roughly 13% of the U.S. population identifies as having a disability, according to the ...

BALTIMORE – All Day Medical Care Clinic, LLC, which operates five medical clinics in Maryland, violated federal law by firing its scheduling assistant on her first day of work shortly after she ...

Employers have to make reasonable adjustments if they apply a provision, criterion or practice that puts someone with a disability at a particular disadvantage. The duty only applies if the employer ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Throughout October, Goodwill Industries of North Louisiana is joining employers, government agencies and nonprofits in honoring the contributions of workers with disabilities ...

An analysis by the NCHS published in 2021 used 2011–12 NHIS data to compare responses and disability classifications between both sets of questions. When disability status was defined as reporting “a ...

Jessica Garcia said she enjoys working with people with disabilities, and is hunting for a part time paid job as a mentor for clients who need medical services and may lack vital documents to apply ...