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EEOC Updates ‘Hearing Disabilities in the Workplace’ Guidance

HRWatchdog

The guidance also describes easy-to-access technologies that can make providing a reasonable accommodation for a hearing disability, such as a hearing aid-compatible telephone headset and access to a video relay service, free or low-cost. Not a member? Learn about the benefits of membership.

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EEOC Updates ‘Visual Disabilities in the Workplace’ Guidance

HRWatchdog

However, stereotypical and generalized negative assumptions about workers with visual disabilities — like they may cause safety hazards, lead to increase employment costs or have difficulty performing certain job duties — exist. To explain how the ADA applies to job applicants and employees with visual disabilities, the U.S.

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Comments Open for EEOC’s Proposed Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) Rules

HRWatchdog

One distinction between the PWFA and the ADA, though, is that while the ADA requires an employee to be able to perform the “essential functions” of their position, with or without accommodation, the PWFA includes a provision allowing for the temporary inability of an employee to perform an essential function. Not a member?

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EEOC, DOJ Guidance on Using AI, Algorithms in Employment

HRWatchdog

Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released important guidance discussing how existing requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) may apply to the use of AI, software applications and algorithms in employment-related decision making. Violating the ADA restrictions on disability-related inquiries and medical examinations.

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Reasonable Accommodations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) revised its COVID-19 guidance for employers responding to requests for reasonable accommodations. In response, the EEOC recognizes that even with the pandemic constraints, employers may have reasonable accommodations that they can provide to employees with underlying disabilities.

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California DFEH Updates COVID-19 FAQs

HRWatchdog

Employers — be sure to add this update to your library of COVID-19 compliance documents! If an employee has a medical condition that increases their risk for severe illness from COVID-19, is the employee entitled to a reasonable accommodation? CalChamber also offers free COVID-19-related Q&As in the HR Library.

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International Week of the Deaf and Day of Sign Languages Creates Awareness of Employer Reasonable Accommodation Obligations

HRWatchdog

A recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) settlement is a good reminder for employers on their legal obligations to provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, including those who are deaf. CalChamber members can learn more about Reasonable Accommodation in the HR Library.