Preventing Workplace Discrimination

The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in 1990 and since then has been the main instrument to make employment opportunities available to as many people as possible, even if it meant that the employer had to go out of its way to make accommodations for "the special needs of a particular employee." (Licht) In the past it has been up to the courts to decide what is considered a "special need," and these have included such things as installing equipment such as fans and air purifiers for those with respiratory disabilities. It has also been decided that the law requires companies to reassign those who cannot lift or carry heavy weights to other duties that do not require such lifting, as well as allowing for employees to alter their work schedule due to a disability, redesigning offices to suit their needs, even allowing an employee...
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