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On July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became
law. Title I of the ADA is designed to ensure equal employment opportunity for
people with disabilities and covers all private sector employers with 15 or
more employees (companies with federal contracts are also covered by Section
503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973-see Appendix B). The ADA requires
employers to carefully review their hiring practices and take specific actions
to be sure they do not deny equal employment opportunities to qualified people
with disabilities. For an overview of this law, see Appendix A.
The Office of Disability Employment Policy is reissuing this
booklet, originally prepared before passage of the ADA and based on the
successful experiences of many companies in employing people with disabilities,
as an aid to compliance with the ADA. Many activities described in this booklet
as helpful in meeting employers' human resource needs and in opening
opportunities to qualified people with disabilities are now legally required by
the ADA. However, this booklet itself is not intended to provide specific
guidance on your legal obligations under the Act. For further guidance on legal
obligations, employers should consult the final regulations for Title I and
"The Technical Assistance Manual on the ADA" prepared by the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency that enforces the ADA's employment
requirements.
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