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ADA & FEHA California :: The Law Protects People with Disabilities on the Job

The federal Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") and California's Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA") protect qualified people with disabilities but who can do the job. It requires employers to make reasonable accommodations (as defined below) to allow disabled people to perform a job's essential functions. This is not a guarantee of a job for disabled people, but it is protection for those who can perform its essential functions from being discriminated against on the basis of their disability.

What duties do employers owe applicants and employees with disabilities?

Employers must make reasonable accommodations to enable an employee with a disability to perform a position's essential functions.

A reasonable accommodation is an action that enables an employee with a disability to receive the same opportunities and benefits of employment as other employees. This may be fulfilled by making facilities readily accessible to disabled individuals, providing transfer or reassignment to a vacant position for which the disabled employee is qualified, providing part-time or modified work schedules, or providing modified equipment or devices to accommodate a disabled employee. This is an ongoing duty and not a one-time effort.
However, the employer's duty to accommodate has its limits. Accommodations must not impose an "undue hardship" on the operation of the employer's business. The employee must prove that the accommodation is reasonable both in cost and benefit to the employer's business.

How do you prove a claim for disability discrimination?

Generally, three things must be proven for an individual to prevail under a disability discrimination claim:

- A plaintiff must prove that one has a disability, and

- A plaintiff must be a "qualified individual," capable of performing the essential functions of a job either with or without reasonable accommodation, and

- A plaintiff must have been unlawfully discriminated against because of his or her disability.

ADA Attorneys Harris & Kaufman Can Help You

Harris & Kaufman is a Los Angeles area law firm that's dedicated to representing employees in disputes against their employers to do with the Ca ADA & FEHA laws. Our lawyers can assist you if you believe that your employer has broken the California Labor Laws.

Our employment attorneys are experienced and have had numerous trials, arbitrations, and appeals and have litigated on behalf of thousands of employees.

Harris & Kaufman has represented workers in state and federal court and in administrative proceedings before the Labor Commissioner. Determined and aggressive, our cases include individual disputes and class action lawsuits.

We are aggressive and experienced lawyers and can help enforce your rights under California state law or state regulations. Based in Sherman Oaks, Cal. we serve greater Los Angeles, Orange County, Ventura County, San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, and have cases statewide.

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ADA & FEHA California :: The Law Protects People with Disabilities on the Job

What duties do employers owe applicants and employees with disabilities?

How do you prove a claim for disability discrimination?

ADA Attorneys Harris & Kaufman Can Help You