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Complying with the ADA : A Small Business Guide to Hiring and Employing the Disabled (Small Business Series)
Complying with the ADA A Small Business Guide to Hiring and Employing the Disabled - Small Business Series Author:Jeffrey G. Allen It just got easier to comply with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act Specially designed to serve the practical needs of small business owners and managers who cant afford high-powered lawyers to interpret the ADAs provisions, this penetrating new handbook shows exactly how to meet the ADAs guidelines on... more » hiring and employingeasily and economically. Complying with the ADA begins by discussing key provisions, focusing on who is protected, and specifying the many employment areas where discrimination is prohibited. This includes: job application procedures, compensation, and sick leave. The book provides real-world examples of actions by owners and managers that illustrate precisely what acts are prohibited, then it shows, step-by-step, how to comply with the law while meeting bottom-line objectives. Using this book, youll learn the way to satisfy the ADAs provisions and your objectives, including:
15 steps that ensure full compliance and enable you to develop a model company policy
Proven strategies that help you meet the ADAs guidelines in every major areafrom interviewing and testing, to routine management
Advice on economically making the workplace accessible under the ADAs sweeping concept of "reasonable accommodation"
Along the way, Complying with the ADA provides you with thorough checklists of dos and donts, sample job applications, model job descriptions, resource lists, and dozens of other practical ideas. Complying with the ADA will do more than just alert you to your liability. It will assist you in capitalizing on the potential of the qualified group of "disabled" Americans. With this book as your guide, youll see that complying with the ADA is more than obeying the lawits good business.« less