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Volume 18, Issue 5-6
1 August 1999
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Equal Opportunities International
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Research Article| August 01 1999

New developments concerning reasonable accommodations of disabilities in American organizations

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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7093
Print ISSN: 0261-0159
© MCB UP Limited
1999
Equal Opportunities International (1999) 18 (5-6): 38–43.
https://doi.org/10.1108/02610159910785961

Defines disability, qualified and reasonable accommodation under the law and outlines the requirements for US companies. Covers recent rulings which indicate a broadening of the Act and looks at precautions which organizations can take.

Keywords: Disabled people, Positive action, USA, Legislation
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