Workplace

Despite making up almost a fifth of the population, people with disabilities are dramatically underrepresented in the Australian workforce.People with disabilities who want to work are twice as likely to be unemployed as people without…

© motortion | In this article, Minal Backhouse, MD, and Head of Labor Law at Backhouse Solicitors, looks at mental disabilities and how employers treat affected workers The Gender Equality Act 2010 makes employers…

Q: What are my obligations as an employer regarding disability and reasonable accommodation?: Disability and reasonable accommodation issues have…

Disability rights advocates want the drive to recruit and retain Americans with disabilities well beyond this month.The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) of the US Department of Labor is celebrating National Disability…

W.orkplace stress raises claims for discrimination based on disability by more than a third, suggest labor law experts. The number of disability discrimination claims in labor courts increased by 37% from 4,770 in 2017 to 6,550 in 2018.…

What is the ADA? The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was established by Congress in 1990. The aim of the law is to end discrimination in the workplace and to offer people with disabilities such as attention deficit hyperactivity…

Given the increasing number of employees diagnosed with COVID-19 who need a leave of absence to recover from the virus, the question arises whether COVID-19 is an employee under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or of an employee…