| Description |
261 pages |
| Series |
The law and public policy |
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Law and public policy.
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. The Work Experience of People With Psychiatric Disabilities -- Ch. 2. Disability Discrimination Law and Discrimination Against People With Psychiatric Disabilities -- A Basic Primer in Disability Discrimination Law -- Before You File a Lawsuit -- Statutes of Limitation -- Recent and Upcoming Supreme Court Decisions and Their Impact on the ADA -- Other Federal Laws Regulating Employment -- Unions, Collective Bargaining, and the ADA -- Ch. 3. The Americans With Disabilities Act and the Definition of Mental Impairments -- The Meaning of Mental Disability Under the ADA -- ADA Case Law and Mental Impairment -- Ch. 4. The Substantial Limitations of the Substantial Limitations Requirement of the Americans With Disabilities Act -- Substantial Limitation in Major Life Activities -- Ch. 5. "Record of Disability" and "Regarded as Having a Disability" -- Record of Disability -- Regarding an Individual as Having a Disability -- Ch. 6. Abusive Work Environments, Stressful Working Conditions, and Discrimination -- Defining Disability to Exclude Workers With Psychiatric Disabilities -- Psychiatric Disability and the Requirement That Employees Be "Qualified Individuals" -- Using the ADA to Attack Objectively Abusive or Unreasonably Stressful Workplace Environments -- Ch. 7. What Is Discrimination? -- Adverse Employment Action -- Blanket Exclusions on the Basis of Disability -- Pre-Employment Inquiry or Testing for Mental Disabilities -- Postoffer Psychological Testing -- Requiring Employees to Undergo Psychiatric Examinations -- Employers' Requirement That Employees Returning From Leave of Absence for Medical Reasons Submit Medical Certification of Fitness -- Medical Examinations for Rehired Employees -- Breach of Confidentiality as a Violation of the ADA -- "Misconduct" and Disability Discrimination -- Associational Discrimination -- Retaliation for Protected Activity -- Characteristics of Successful Employment Discrimination Cases -- Discrepancies Between Deposition Testimony and Affidavits -- Ch. 8. Reasonable Accommodations for Employees With Psychiatric Disabilities -- What Makes a Qualified Employee? -- "Otherwise Qualified": The Disability Benefits Dilemma -- Reasonable Accommodations -- Can Individuals Be Required to Take Medication or Accept Treatment as a Reasonable Accommodation? -- Ch. 9. Conclusion -- App. B. A Sample of Disability Discrimination Cases Involving Mental Disabilities -- App. C. Contacting the EEOC |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
United States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
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People with mental disabilities -- Employment -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2001022122 |
| ISBN |
1557987920 cloth alkaline paper |
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