Diversity Workplace
After the reading, my perspective is that the federal government still doesnt have a good handle on Americans with Disability Act (ADA), Americans with Disability Act and Amendments Act and Civil Rights Act. Companies have done a poor job of following through from top to bottom with diversity and equality in the workplace.
“In 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became the single most important employment law of its generation. The ADA includes protection from discrimination based on a disability as well as requirements for employers and those offering other public facilities regarding access and accommodations for disabled employees, vendors, and patrons. The ADA 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” (Cañas & Sondak). What I think bothers me the most is that businesses that I have seen firsthand treat people with disabilities so different than their average employers its upsetting. I have noticed that a lot if not most of the times have them in areas where they are kept away from the public and I also see them given jobs that the average employees would frown upon. They are kept working harder and longer with less leeway than the other workers. There are many ways to get around the acts set in place and although it is a hard task to control, I think a much better job needs to be done to protect people with disabilities as well as giving them a fair chance at employment.
“The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), a federal act that was passed to expand the scope of those who are considered disabled, retains the ADAs basic definition of “disability” as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more