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Occupational Safety and Health and Disability Nondiscrimination in the Workplace: Complying with Dual Requirements
Abstract
This brochure is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University ILR School. It was written in June, 2002 by Susanne M. Bruyere, and updated in December 2010 by Elizabeth Reiter, an independent legal consultant, Ithaca, N.Y., with assistance from Sara Furguson, a Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute ILR student research assistant. These updates, and
Date Issued
2002-01-01Subject
ADA Accommodation & Accessible IT; accommodate; accommodated; accommodating; accommodation; adaptation; adjustment; alternative; bias; bigotry; change; developmental disabled; disabilities; disability; disable; disabled; disablement; disabling; discriminate; discriminating; discrimination; earnings; EDIcat1-AAA; employ; employing; employment; handicap; handicapped; health and safety; HR; HR Policies; Human Resource; Human Resource Management; human resources; Human Resources Management; impairment; inequity; intolerance; learning disability; limitation; mental handicap; mental retardation; modification; occupational safety and health; Occupational Safety and Health Act; OSHA; personnel; physical disability; prejudice; risk to self or others; self-employment; separation; single out; stereotype; unfairness; work
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A revised and updated edition of this brochure has been produced and is available at: https://hdl.handle.net/1813/90057
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