| ADA Disability Discrimination Claims |
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| The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) prevents employers from making adverse employment decisions based upon the disability of an employee or applicant. If an employee or applicant can perform the essential functions of a job with reasonable accommodation, an employer is not allowed to discriminate against him or her because of that disability. More... |
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| Sick Leave and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
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| Americans with Disabilities Act OverviewMore... |
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| Disability Discrimination in the Federal Workplace |
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| Long before the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), which prohibits discrimination against private sector employees and applicants on the basis of disability, Congress passed the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Rehabilitation Act prohibits disability discrimination in the federal employment sector. More... |
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| Filing a Complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel |
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| Congress has tasked the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) with investigating and prosecuting allegations of prohibited personnel practices in the federal civil service sector. Most federal employees or applicants believing that they have been harmed by one of these illegal practices may, if they are not excluded from OSC jurisdiction, file a complaint with the OSC. This article reviews the OSC complaint process.More... |
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| Unemployment Insurance -- Financing -- Reserve Funds |
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| A recent trend in the management of state unemployment insurance programs is the establishment of special accounts known as reserve funds. Reserve funds are the product of the desire to expand the services offered by state unemployment insurance programs as well as the long-term financial stability that some state unemployment accounts enjoy. The result is a cost-effective and low-risk way of improving the lives and the prospects of those individuals facing unemployment.More... |
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