The EEOC has proposed new regulations to enforce the expanded version of the Americans with Disabilities Act passed last year. They’re going to have a big impact on many HR functions, including hiring.
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Tags: ADA, ADA Amendments Act, EEOC
Managers know they can’t discriminate against disabled candidates — but they also know they need to find people who can actually do the job.
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Tags: ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, disabled applicatns
Bias complaints from rejected job applicants are on the rise, and the EEOC is cracking down on unintentional discrimination in employers’ hiring practices. Here’s how HR pros can keep their companies safe.
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Tags: ADA, criminal records, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, religious discrimintion
As if hiring the right talent wasn’t tough enough, the Americans with Disabilities Act makes every step of the hiring process more difficult – from collecting applications and interviewing candidates to getting a new hire ready to start the job. Here are the most common pitfalls that trip up companies and how HR can help avoid them.
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Tags: ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, disability hiring, EEOC
The Americans with Disabilities Act lets companies give post-offer medical tests to new hires, as long as it’s the last step of the hiring process. And according to the courts, that means the very last step.
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Tags: ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, job offers, medical exams, medical tests
Can an employee sue for discrimination and harassment, even if he was about to be fired for lying on his resume? Read the facts of this real-life case and decide: Who won?
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Tags: ADA, resume lies, sheriff's office
