Disabilities In The Workplace

On that day in 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the ADA into law, making it illegal for employers to discriminate against qualified job applicants and employees based on their physical or mental disabilities. The law also requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees who need them because of their disabilities, unless doing so would cause undue hardship.

EEOC is proud to be a leader in opening doors for people with disabilities. To honor the ADA's 25th anniversary, we have created this web page to provide helpful information about disability rights and responsibilities and how EEOC is helping people with disabilities in the workplace.

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If you find something that interests you we hope you will share this page with your co-workers and friends.Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This comprehensive civil rights legislation grew out of decades of resistance and opposition to the segregation and discrimination that restricted opportunities and access for countless men, women and children in the United States in many different aspects of their lives. The law banned discrimination in public accommodations - including hotels, restaurants and food service, retail establishments, parks and recreational facilities and transportation - and in all programs and activities funded by the federal government. It was, however, Title VII of the legislation that answered the call for equal opportunity in the nation's workplaces. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex and also made it illegal to retaliate against those who sought relief or assisted others in their exercise of rights secured by the law. Title VII created the EEOC, and on July 2, 1965, one year after the law was signed, the agency opened its doors.President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, July 2, 1964

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, in cooperation with the American Bar Association/Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, the District of Columbia Bar/Labor & Employment Law Section, the Georgetown University Law Center, and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, hosted a series of panel discussions that examined the enactment and enforcement of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, religion, and