Name: ____________________________________ Date:___________________ Assignment: Chapter 3 discusses “Individuals with Disabilities”. The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 began the…

Name: ____________________________________ Date:___________________

Assignment:
Chapter 3 discusses “Individuals with Disabilities”. The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 began the laws and regulations on discrimination against individuals with disabilities. These laws and regulations affect employment matters as well as public accessibility for individuals with disabilities. Prior to answering the questions below, make sure you are familiar with the below topics.
 Americans with Disability Act (ADA)
 Essential job functions
 Reasonable accommodation
 Undue hardship
 Disabled person
Questions:
1. Does an employer have to provide a reasonable accommodation to an applicant with a disability even if it believes that it will be unable to provide this individual with a reasonable accommodation on the job? Explain your answer.

2. An employer is impressed with an applicant’s resume and contacts the individual to come in for an interview. The applicant, who is deaf, requests a sign language interpreter for the interview. The employer cancels the interview and refuses to consider further this applicant because it believes it would have to hire a full-time interpreter. Has the employer violated the ADA? Explain why or why not.

3. An individual who has paraplegia applies for a secretarial position. Because the office has two steps at the entrance, the employer arranges for the applicant to take a typing test, a requirement of the application process, at a different location. The applicant fails the test. Does the employer need to provide the applicant with any further reasonable accommodations? Explain why or why not.

4. A cashier easily becomes fatigued because of lupus and, as a result, has difficulty making it through her shift. The employee requests a stool because sitting greatly reduces the fatigue. Is this a reasonable accommodation? Explain why or why not.