Whos Disabled and Whos Not: A Look At The EEOC Guidelines

Who is disabled and who is not , a look at the EEOC guidelines

EEOC or Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is a federal agency that is charged with the main duty of solving discrimination cases that arise in work places . This is an independent agency that investigates any discrimination cases that range from racial , color , religion , sex national origin and more importantly cases relating to disabilities . It has powers to suits on behalf of individuals whose civil rights may have been interfered with by their employers . Its mandate is provided for , in the

US constitution under Title VII of civil rights Act of 1964 ( HYPERLINK "http /finduslaw .com /civil_right_act_of_1964_cra_title_vii_equal_employ ment_opportunities_42_us_code_chapter_21 http /finduslaw .com /civil_right_act_of_1964_cra_title_vii_equal_employm ent_opportunities_42_us_code_chapter_21 . The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA , the Equal Pay Act . The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and lastly the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA HYPERLINK "http /finduslaw .com /americans_with_disabilities_act_of_1990_ada_42_u_s _code_chapter_126 http /finduslaw .com /americans_with_disabilities_act_of_1990_ada_42_u_s_ code_chapter_126 .Its establishment dates back to the year 1965 under the leadership of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr . who was appointed by then president Lyndon Baines Johnson

Currently it is under the able chairmanship of Naomi C . Earp and it has continued to make positive progress in terms of filing of complaints concerning employees . This can be attributed to the addition of a full budget of 63 million approved by the current president , George Bush Again the good performance of the EEOC can be attributed to the goodwill exhibited by other related bodies e .g . Department of Labor and Justice the Civil Service Commission and the Office of Revenue Sharing . EEOC operates under the guidelines which provides for what employers should give their employees in terms of working conditions , pay and other welfare issues . Employers who break these guidelines often find themselves on the leeward side of the law this will be tackled on later in this . The formation of EEOC back in 1965 was as a result of numerous complaints about workers getting harassed , discriminated on basis of their color , place of origin , sex , religion and even disabilities

This will limit itself on the disability aspect of discrimination as this is an area that has raised great concern in the recent days Disability has posed a major challenge on human kind with researcher 's working round the chock to come up with a sound argument as to why people and especially workers are succumbing to mental related diss which ultimately leads to disabilities . However , unreliable sources are putting forth unsupported arguments that work-related stress and family related stress are the main causes of mental disabilities . Whatever the cause of these disabilities , there is dire need for a system of controls to be enacted to protect workers who are mentally and physically disabled

However due to its complicated nature , disabilities need to be clearly defined so as to do awry with ambiguity . According to the dictionary definition , disability is the lack of ability to perform an activity either mentally or physically . It can also be taken to mean the state...