CSU-Global Campus ORG-545Critical Thinking 1- Diversity Law/Regulation

Presentation

1Presented by: Kyle D. Von Jares

Introduction of Disability Diversification in the Workplace

• Workplace discrimination was common throughout the US workplace

• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act created in 1964 protected people

discriminated on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) created in 1990

• Disabled Americans protected from discrimination regarding employment,

job termination, compensation, job training, etc.

CSU-Global Campus ORG-545Critical Thinking 1- Diversity Law/Regulation Presentation

• Disabilities are one of the largest barriers which impact how people can

perform in the workplace

• Physical and mental disabilities can limit or exclude people with them from

conducting certain required work tasks

• The list of disabilities covered by the ADA is not all inclusive; a partial list:1. Caring for oneself 7. Walking2. Performing manual tasks 8. Standing3. Seeing 9. Lifting4. Hearing 10. Bending5. Eating 11. Speaking6. Sleeping 12. Breathing

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Discussion of Disability Diversity Laws

13. Learning 16. Thinking14. Reading 17. Communicating15. Concentrating 18. Working

• Creation of the ADA applies to federal, state, local governments, and private

businesses which must comply with the law

• The law allows reasonable accommodation to the disabled individual in the

workplace unless it becomes an unduly financial or safety burden

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Discussion of Disability Diversity Laws

• Disability discrimination laws are necessary to ensure equality in the

workplace; for example providing equipment which assists the blind and deaf

• Provisions must be made to wheelchair bound individuals such as installing

ramp ways, elevators, and automatic opening doors

• Discrimination is no longer tolerated regarding individuals with limited

immune systems, digestive, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory,

circulatory, and reproductive functions

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Analysis of Disability Diversity Laws

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for protecting disability

discrimination by starting with race, color, religion, sex, and national origin

protection

• Further protections were created in 2008 with the ADA Amendments Act

which expands the scope of who is considered disabled

• The ADA continues to delve deeper into this topic and determine what is

considered disabled and what protections should be afforded

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Creation of Disability Diversity Laws

• Disability diversification laws have reduced discrimination and opened the work

field to disabled individuals who would not have tried previously

• The major changes the ADA has enacted is protection from disability

discrimination, created reasonable accommodation, and proper access

Reference

Canas, K.A., & Sondak, H. (2014). Opportunities and challenges of workplace

diversity: Theory, cases, and exercises (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

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Evaluation of Disability Diversity Laws