With an unwanted surge in
discrimination with respect to career opportunities, the federal as well as
state governments are taking proactive measures by passing laws that ensure
equal rights for disabled job seekers and employees.
With an aim to increase the
number of disability jobs in the
market to boost citizen morals, facilitate independence and quality of life,
the Employment Law has prohibited a few forms of discrimination.
Government Initiatives
Under the Federal Equal
Employment Opportunity Law, the government has made an effective effort to
protect employees from any discrimination for age, gender, race, religion,
nationality, and also disability.
Additionally, there is also a
federal law on discrimination in disability – the Americans with Disability
Act, which is also commonly known as ADA. In states like California, disability jobs are boosted through the
passing of laws such as the ‘Fair Employment and Housing Act’ which is known to
have far less restrictive definition of ‘disability’ when compared to its
federal counterpart.
Within the state of California,
employees with less restrictive disabilities can be easily covered under the
law.
Why Do We Need Disability
Employment Laws?
With the existence of disability
employment laws, governments are able to ensure a certain financial
independence to its less fortunate citizens. With laws that mandate
organizations to hire a certain percentage of disabled yet competent employees,
by providing parallel benefits such as tax breaks, etc., governments are
finding ways to encourage businesses to support the disabled in a respectable
manner.
From the perspective of the job
seeker, the disability laws provide them an opportunity to enjoy equal rights
at a work place through the hiring process as well as while they pursue their
respective jobs. These laws help make sure that businesses offer sufficiently
comfortable working conditions specific to the needs to the disability so that
the employee is able to contribute productively as any other employee of the
business.
Governments has made it illegal
to practice job discrimination against people with disabilities among private
employers, state and local governments, employment agencies, labor
organizations, and labor management committees.
With the existence of such laws, the United
States has been working to offer some dignity to its citizen’s one job at a
time. 