statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Which of the following is not outlawed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964? a.|Discrimination based on religion| b.|Discrimination based on sex| c.|Discrimination based on national origin| d.|Discrimination based on color| ____ 2. Which of the following types of establishment was barred from discrimination based on race by the Civil Rights Act of 1964? a.|A bar|c.|A store| b.|A YMCA|d.|A hospital| ____ 3. Which of the following best describes
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) makes it unlawful for an employer with 15 or more employees to discriminate against a qualified individual with a disability. HR department must manage employee and employer relations by ensuring that all laws pertaining to the ADA act are followed. The ADA applies to a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities (like walking‚ standing‚ or breathing). Examples include individuals who have physical
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city of Aspen Falls asked the author to review its website and make recommendations for making it more accessible to those with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act recognizes a broad array of people with disabilities and provides standards for creating web sites that are accessible to them. In California‚ 10% of the population reports some type of disability. In ages 65 or older‚ this increases to 37%. (U.S. Census Bureau 2010). This report discusses the results and recommendations of
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Disability and more so people that have disabilities have fought for civil rights over a period of time and even today they are still fighting. A prime example in how we see disabled people fight for civil rights is in Joseph Shapiro’s book‚ No Pity-People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement and I am looking at chapter 2. In this chapter Shapiro told a story about Ed Roberts‚ who caught a polio virus and he fought for civil rights for a long time. The polio virus paralyzed his
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Examining Government Relations The U.S government has implemented various rules and regulations to care for the needs of the disabled people. Firstly‚ The U.S government implemented the rule of Americans with Disabilities Act that prohibits discrimination of people based on their disabilities. Subtitle AT of the Act protects the disabled people from discrimination in terms of services‚ activities or any programs undertaken in the state and local levels of government. The adoption of the rule has been effective
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do we have Affirmative Action? Affirmative action was designed to counteract the lingering effects of generations of past discrimination. The main criteria for inclusion in affirmative action programs are race‚ sex‚ ethnic origin‚ religion‚ disability‚ and age. Affirmative action began as a government remedy to help‚ educate‚ and improve employment opportunities for members of minority groups and for women. There were policies‚ programs and procedures developed to give preferences to minorities
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Identify and explain at least three ethical considerations. I believe that the first ethical consideration is the fact that the potential employee was upfront in revealing that he had a degenerative progressive condition that could result in a disability. He did not have to bring this to our attention and his physicians are not even able to predict when the disabling condition will appear or if it will appear at all. The candidate was demonstrating his own highly ethical behavior which is ultimately
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and regulations are the same across the United States. Some of the Federal laws would be; • FLSA – Fair Labor standards Act which covers the wages and hours of the employees. • OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration which creates a safe and healthy workplace. • ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment‚ transportation and public accommodation. If you do not follow the rules and regulations for the federal
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LEGAL‚ SAFETY‚ AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS 1 Legal‚ Safety‚ and Regulatory Requirements Tara Thompson HCS/341 October 1‚ 2012 Norman Greene LEGAL‚ SAFETY‚ AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS 2 According to Peterson‚ (2012)‚ “The Human Resource Department is responsible for compliance of a multitude of employment- and workplace- related laws. Human resource managers are also responsible for
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more fair. The prison system is biased. There is bias towards prisoners who have disabilities. People who have disabilities shouldn’t be treated unfairly just because they’re not perfect to do something. Southern Poverty Law Center. Alabama Violates the Rights of Prisoners with Disabilities. “Prisoners with disabilities also have reported that they are excluded from work release programs due solely to their disabilities. One prisoner was sent to a work release program‚ and then told that he could not
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