Private Employers, State and Local Governments, Educational Institutions, Employment Agencies and Labor Organizations
Applicant to and employees of most private employers, state and local governments, educations, institutions, employment agencies and labor organizations are protected under the Federal law from discrimination on the following bases: (see link: Equal Employment Is The Law)


EMPLOYMENT:  ACCOMMODATIONS 

Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement, compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. The ADA covers employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations. The ADA's nondiscrimination standards also apply to federal sector employees under section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended, and its implementing rules

Accommodations to Qualified Applicants and Employees with a Disability

Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified applicants and employees with a disability unless the employer can demonstrate that doing so creates an undue hardship to the employer or poses a direct threat to the safety of the employee or others in the workplace. An accommodation may include a change to the work environment or to the way in which a job is usually performed.

The accommodation process involves an in-depth review of the job requirements and the limitations or performance problems the employee's disability creates to identify changes or modifications that will allow the employee to perform the essential duties of his or her job.

The employer begins by reviewing the essential job duties of the position, engaging in an interactive process with the employee and conducting a careful analysis of the employee's requested accommodation. An employer may determine that providing the requested accommodation creates an undue hardship when the cost of providing the requested accommodation has a grave financial impact on the organization or is unduly disruptive.

The term "qualified" with respect to an individual with a disability means that the individual satisfies the requisite skill, experience, education and other job-related requirements of the employment position such individual holds or desires and, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of such position. 

The interactive process involves a review of the accommodation request from the employee or his or her health care provider. 

The employee should be asked to provide appropriate documentation from his or her health care provider regarding the nature of any impairment(s), severity, duration, activities limited by the impairment(s) and the extent to which the impairment(s) limits the employee's ability to perform the job's essential duties/functions.

Complaints alleging discrimination against applicants or employees on the basis of disability should be addressed to:

1. City of Shreveport
   Alonzo Smith,  ADA Coordinator / Safety Officer 
   

2. 505 Travis Street, Suite 630 
   

3. Shreveport, LA 71101 | FAX 318-673-5546

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ADA:  ACCOMMODATION FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT