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HR Managers and ADA Website Compliance

Posted by Leslie Ruhland on Feb 11, 2020 6:34:00 PM

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires certain businesses to make accommodations for people with disabilities. Are you in compliance?

 

[This post was previously published in June 2019. It has been updated and revised to provide the most up-to-date information.]

What this means for most organizations is that their web content must be accessible to the blind, deaf, and others who must navigate by voice, screen readers or other assistive web technologies.

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Topics: labor law compliance, DOL, cybersecurity, lawsuits, ADA, websites

Employers And Religious Beliefs In The Workplace

Posted by Leslie Ruhland on Mar 14, 2019 4:12:52 PM

Federal law requires employers to provide employees with reasonable accommodations that enable them to perform their essential job functions in keeping with an employee’s religious requirements.

 

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Topics: employee lawsuits, discrimination, ADA, Title VII, EEOC

Accessibility, ADA And Your Company Website

Posted by Leslie Ruhland on Jan 29, 2019 12:45:36 PM

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), prohibits discriminating against individuals with disabilities in employment, with respect to the goods and services offered, and requires most businesses to equal access to goods and services. What many businesses may not know is that this protection may now extend to a company's website.

 

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Topics: management practices, lawsuits, ADA, accessibility, websites

Avoiding ADA Website Accessibility Lawsuits

Posted by Leslie Ruhland on Dec 18, 2018 12:00:03 PM

Anyone who has been in business for at least the last 25 years knows that accessibility to their place of business is regulated by law. Business owners are restrained in terms what they can and cannot do with sidewalks, entryways, and stairs, etc.

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Topics: HR compliance, lawsuits, ADA, accessibility, websites

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