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Employment Laws & Regulations

Provides information on the basic provisions and requirements under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and includes links to resources such as fact sheets, e-tools, posters and more.

An overview provided by the Department of Labor of employment laws and resources available to assist employers in understanding their rights and responsibilities.

Provides information on the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), which established a national workforce preparation and employment system to meet the needs of businesses, job seekers and those who want to further their careers.

Provides information on Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations for businesses and state and local governments; technical assistance materials and updates on new ADA requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) fact sheet explaining the ADA's prohibitions against discrimination toward qualified people with disabilities in employment.

Fact sheet from the Department of Justice and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with answers to common questions regarding the ADA.

The Department of Justice provides information about the ADA through a toll-free information line (1-800-514-0301). This service permits businesses, state and local governments and others to ask questions about general or specific ADA requirements and order ADA technical assistance materials.

Provides overview of the ADA, which guarantees full participation in American society for all people with disabilities, from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center.

Fact sheet from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) addresses questions related to the rights of workers who are blind or visually impaired.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) fact sheet addresses common questions regarding the ADA in relation to cancer.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) fact sheet on the application of the ADA to job applicants and employees who are deaf or who have hearing impairments.

Regional centers provide information, training and technical assistance to employers, people with disabilities and other entities with responsibilities under the ADA.

DoD network of volunteer ombudsmen trained on Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and dispute resolution techniques that help resolve issues between employers and their employees serving in the National Guard and Reserve.

Fact sheet provides information on the rights of people with disabilities under the ADA in relation to employment.

Facts from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) about the ADA and employment of people with disabilities.

Fact sheet provides information regarding the federal laws that protect individuals with disabilities from discrimination in employment and the job application process.

Information about Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which covers employment of people with disabilities.

Describes the affirmative action obligations of federal contractors regarding the hiring and promoting of qualified special disabled veterans of the Vietnam era and selected other veterans who served on active duty. See answers to frequently asked questions on federal contractor programs.

Provides links to information and technical assistance on the ADA.

Information from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on ADA regulations related to job applicants with disabilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidance on enforcing ADA provisions as they relate to psychiatric disabilities.

Overview from the Department of Justice regarding ADA requirements for small businesses that provide goods and services to the public.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) fact sheet provides a brief, easy-to-read discussion of the obligation to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities, with an emphasis on issues relevant to small businesses.

Online tool helps veterans understand employee eligibility and job entitlements, employer obligations, benefits and remedies under the Act.

Guide from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) explains the hiring authorities and preference for veterans, including disabled veterans, in federal civil service employment.

Fact sheet answers questions that veterans with service-connected disabilities may have about the protections they are entitled to when they seek to return to their former jobs or look to find their first, or new, civilian jobs.

Information on laws that entitle veterans to hiring preferences over others for federal government positions.

Information and resources, including fact sheets and online interactive tools, about the laws that entitle veterans to hiring preferences over others for federal government positions.

Online interactive tool that allows veterans to examine the preferences to which they might be entitled with regard to federal jobs.

Eligibility requirements, application and other information on special authority by which agencies may appoint an eligible veteran without competition to a job position.

Explains how the federal employment system works and how Veterans' Preference and the special appointing authorities operate within that system. The handbook was designed to help veterans understand the entitlements they have earned.

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