Fact Sheets and Guidances

Hiring Process

Job Applicants and the ADA (EEOC)

General Recommendations and Checklists to Guide Your Hiring Process (Great Plains ADA Center .pdf)

Reasonable Accommodation

Enforcement Guidance on Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship under the ADA (EEOC)

Essential Functions (Northeast ADA Center_

Small Employers and Reasonable Accommodation (EEOC)

Review of Issues Relating to Accessible Parking and the Workplace Under the ADA (ADA National Network)

The Mental Health Provider’s Role in a Client’s Request for a Reasonable Accommodation (EEOC)

Job Coaching as a Reasonable Accommodation (Great Plains ADA Center .pdf)

Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship (Great Plains ADA Center)

Service Animals as a Reasonable Accommodation in the Workplace (Great Plains ADA Center)

Supervision

Performance & Conduct Standards to Employee with Disabilities (EEOC)

Summary of Employee Conduct and Performance Standards Under the ADA (Great Plains ADA Center)

Filing a Complaint

Filing a Charge of Discrimination (EEOC)

Time Limits for Filing a Charge (EEOC)

How to File a Complaint (EEOC)

Employment, the ADA, and COVID Resources

COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (EEOC)

Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the ADA (EEOC)

EEOC Answers Employers COVID-19 Related Questions (JD Supra)

COVID-19 and the Family Medical Leave Act Questions (Dept. of Labor)

Agencies and Organizations

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
-The EEOC enforces the regulations in Title I of the ADA. The EEOC also develops guidances and fact sheets to help employers and people with disabilities understand their rights and responsibilities under the Law. Visit EEOC Disability-Related Resources to learn about EEOC activities and materials related to the ADA.

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
-The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on job accommodations and disability employment issues.  JAN is a service of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy/ODEP

ADA National Network Employment Resource Hub
-The ADA National Network (ADANN) provides information, guidance, and training on all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA.) Funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), the network consists of 10 Regional ADA Centers located throughout the United States and an ADA Knowledge Translation Center (ADAKTC). 

Great Plains ADA Center Power-Points

Service Animals in the Workplace

Hiring Process: Including People with Disabilities

Title I Accommodation Myths