Employment

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http://www.nad.org/employment

The Employment pages, under the Legal Rights section of the NAD website, include information for deaf and hard of hearing consumers and their families who want to know about employee rights in the private and federal government work place.

Use the navigation bar on the left and click on the two choices under Employment to learn about reasonable accommodation in the private or federal government work environment.

If you work in the private sector, your rights are covered under Title I of the ADA that mandates that employers and other covered entities are required to make reasonable accommodation to the physical or mental limitations of an employee. Read about the meaning of “reasonable accommodation” and how it applies to the workplace and your rights as an employee.

If you are a Federal employee, your rights are covered under Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that requires the federal government to practice affirmative action to hire and to promote disabled workers. The regulations for this law require the federal government to provide equal access to training and promotion opportunities, and to make reasonable accommodations to a worker's disabilities.