Employing and Accommodating Workers with Psychiatric Disabilities. Implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act Series.

Autor/in	Mancuso, Laura L.
Institution	State Univ. of New York, Ithaca. School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell Univ.
Titel	Employing and Accommodating Workers with Psychiatric Disabilities. Implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act Series.
Quelle	(1994), (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Adults; Civil Rights Legislation; Compliance (Legal); Disability Discrimination; Employment Qualifications; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Equal Protection; Federal Legislation; Job Performance; Legal Responsibility; Mental Disorders; Severity (of Disability) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Private law; Bürgerliches Recht; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Gleichstellungspolitik; Bundesrecht; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Strafmündigkeit; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Schweregrad
Abstract	This brief paper summarizes requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 related to employing and accommodating workers with psychiatric disabilities. The following topics are addressed: (1) what is meant by a psychiatric disability under the ADA, its severity, and its effect on the employment of the individual; (2) popular misconceptions about people with psychiatric disabilities, including: such disabilities are uncommon; mental illness is the same as mental retardation; likely to be violent; there is no hope of recovery; and people with psychiatric disabilities can't tolerate job stress; (3) legal limitations on determining if a worker has a psychiatric disability; (4) how psychiatric disabilities may affect an individual's work performance; and (5) examples of accommodations for workers with psychiatric disabilities (such as clearly delineated performance expectations and schedules that incorporate flex-time). A listing of 12 sources of additional information is provided. (DB)
Anmerkungen	ILR Program on Employment and Disability, ILR Extension Building, Room 102, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-3901; telephone: 607-255-7727; TTY: 607-255-2891; fax: 607-255-2763.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC