Facing discrimination in the workplace can affect your career and even your mental well-being. After all, you spend most of your day at work. This is why you should be proactive in protecting your legal rights. Once you file a discrimination charge against your...
Does a wheelchair ramp prevent disability discrimination claims?
Some employers have much more understanding concerning employees with disabilities than others. If you go to your employer to complain that you are suffering discrimination due to your disability, the response might be, “How can we be guilty of disability...
Remote work can be a crucial form of disability accommodation
Maybe you recently got diagnosed with a serious medical condition. Perhaps you got hurt on the job or in a car crash. Whether you have an injury or an illness, physically going into work every day could be very difficult for you. You may need some help from your...
When can your employer deny a medical accommodation request?
Maybe you got hurt at work. You might have fallen off of a ladder or suffered an electrical shock from a piece of equipment that left you with nerve damage. Maybe your medical issue is from outside of work. You might have neuropathy that affects your manual dexterity...
Disability discrimination often occurs during the hiring process
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), workers at most businesses have the right to expect accommodations for disabling medical conditions. Whether they need wheelchair access to a facility or computer access accommodations because of vision problems, their...
Could an employer’s discrimination against you for having autism be illegal?
Many employers avoid extending reasonable accommodations required under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because they worry that it will be too costly or logistically challenging to do. That doesn't excuse them from reviewing the needs of their employees and...
Refusing reasonable accommodations is disability discrimination
Those with injuries and disabling medical conditions can't always do the same tasks as their co-workers and peers. Health concerns can limit someone's ability to perform demanding job responsibilities and make it harder for them to gain or retain employment. The...
Were you aware that it’s unlawful for employers to discriminate against pregnant workers?
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), which falls under the umbrella of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, is a federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against pregnant or post-partum females. The PDA prohibits Kentucky from carrying out...
What is the American With Disabilities Act?
Discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex or nationality has been illegal since the 1964 Civil Rights Act. However, it was not until 1990 that people living with a disability received similar protection through the Americans with Disabilities Act...
What can employers ask you about your disability?
Anyone with a visible disability (permanent or temporary) has an added sense of dread when they go to a job interview. Will the potential employer write them off entirely based on their own (often uninformed) views about what people can and cannot do? It can be...