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ADA Compliance: Providing Reasonable Accommodation for Employees

Learn how the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to the workplace
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Course: On-Demand
Intermediate  Provider KnowledgeCity  8 Lessons ·  16m  in Arabic, English, Spanish 

What You'll Learn

  • Identify what the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is and the protections it provides against discrimination
  • Determine who is covered by the ADA
  • Recognize reasonable accommodations in the workplace and how they apply to employees
  • Handle requests for reasonable accommodations appropriately
  • Apply ADA protections during the hiring process for job applicants
  • Understand what happens when a complaint is filed

Key Takeaways

  • The Americans with Disabilities Act protects individuals with disabilities from discrimination in many aspects of life, including at work.
  • The ADA provides protections both in the hiring process and on the job.
  • Reasonable accommodations are a key part of ADA compliance in the workplace, and the course explains what they are.
  • Requests for reasonable accommodations should be handled in a defined way, which the course covers.
  • Job applicants are protected under the ADA, and the course addresses how complaints are handled when filed.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this ADA compliance course cover?

The course explains what protections the Americans with Disabilities Act provides against discrimination for individuals with disabilities in the hiring process and at work, what reasonable accommodations are, and how requests for reasonable accommodations should be handled.

Who is covered by the ADA according to this course?

The course includes a lesson on who is covered by the ADA, covering coverage of both employees and job applicants.

Does the course address reasonable accommodation requests?

Yes. The course covers reasonable accommodations in the workplace, requests for reasonable accommodations, and how those requests should be handled.

What skills does this course help build?

The course focuses on ADA compliance, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), compliance training, disability prevention, labor compliance, and working with the disabled.

Does the course explain what happens when a complaint is filed?

Yes. The course includes a lesson on when a complaint is filed.