Disability Issues

From the intro: "The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is a free service of the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy. JAN consultants have been providing job accommodation information since 1983 when JAN was founded. In addition, JAN consultants have been…

National Chief ALJ Frank Cristaudo has issued a memo reminding ALJs that receipt of UI benefits is one of many factors that must be considered in determining whether a claimant meets the disability standard, citing SSR 00-1c as supplying analogous reasoning.  The memo emphasizes that it is not…

We had noticed that SSI/ SSDI applicants/recipients were being terminated from Unemployment Insurance on the (legally erroneous) presumption that the individual was incapable of working without any inquiry about whether the individual could work part time or could work either full time or part time…

The National Center for Law and Economic Justice has been contacted a few times over the past few years about deaf and hearing impaired individuals who were unable to communicate effectively by phone with government agencies because of restrictive agency policies prohibiting telephone communication…

A Summary Guide to Employment Supports for Individuals with Disabilities under the SSDI and SSI programs.  Includes work incentives, work expenses, trial work, ticket to work, PASS, subsidy, IRWE, substantial gainful activity.

This memo clarifies that application or receipt of UI benefits does not mean per se ineligibility for SSDI benefits.   July 2011 Update:  advocates should be aware of a negative case on this issue, Roberts v. Astrue, Slip Copy, 2011 WL 3163257 (D.Mass.), holding that the ALJ…

In English and Spanish.

ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodation. Discrimination. (Note:  The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Amendments Act of 2008 was signed into law on September 25, 2008 and becomes effective January 1, 2009. Because this law makes several significant changes, including…

This fact sheet was prepared by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) Office of Legal Counsel. It is intended to provide technical assistance on some common questions that have arisen about the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964…

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: ENFORCEMENT GUIDANCE ON DISABILITY-RELATED INQUIRIES AND MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF EMPLOYEES UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)

ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act. Mental impairments. Psychiatric. Discrimination. Reasonable accommodation. NOTE:  The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Amendments Act of 2008 was signed into law on September 25, 2008 and becomes effective January 1, 2009. Because this law makes several…