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Ms. Toad

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20. The ADA is actually getting more teeth,

Reply to Sanity Claws (Reply #13)

Fri Jul 12, 2013, 06:48 PM

Jul 2013

rather than fewer.

It used to be that one had to prove one was disabled (or perceived to be) under the statute - and the definition was interpreted extremely narrowly. A few years ago, in response to court decisions which kept narrowing the people protected, Congress rewrote the definition so that disability is closer to a presumption than the locked gate it had been at the entry to the workplace.

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Fair hiring question [View all] redstatebluegirl Jul 2013 OP

There has to be ADA exemptions , surely... Nt pkdu Jul 2013 #1

no datasuspect Jul 2013 #2

But they actually have to be related to the performance of the job. Ms. Toad Jul 2013 #19

An employer can require certain physical abilities if they are directly tied to the job. byeya Jul 2013 #3

I guess I just found it odd, that redstatebluegirl Jul 2013 #4

For what it's worth, I find it odd that a receptionist job would have a weight lifting requirement. byeya Jul 2013 #5

I think it is a standard doctor thing redstatebluegirl Jul 2013 #6

Of course we don't need universal health care at all in this country.... redstatebluegirl Jul 2013 #7

I hope your friend gets the job. Sounds like she's had it rough byeya Jul 2013 #9

She has, he insisted she quit her teaching job redstatebluegirl Jul 2013 #11

It has to be a true requirement Sanity Claws Jul 2013 #8

I agree with you about the like of specificity. Maybe the state employment commission byeya Jul 2013 #10

i think they have thought it through redstatebluegirl Jul 2013 #12

That is not correct. Ms. Toad Jul 2013 #17

Whether it is laughable may depend on the state Sanity Claws Jul 2013 #13

A receptionist in a College on Campus redstatebluegirl Jul 2013 #14

She would be able to take care of 25lb packages with reasonable accommodation Sanity Claws Jul 2013 #15

Yep. n/t Ms. Toad Jul 2013 #18

The ADA is actually getting more teeth, Ms. Toad Jul 2013 #20

Correct. Ms. Toad Jul 2013 #16