S. 933 · 101st Congress · enacted
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Became Public Law No: 101-336.
Latest official action 1990-07-26 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Title I: Employment - Prohibits discrimination by a covered entity (any employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee) against any qualified individual with a disability in job application procedures, hiring or discharge, compensation, advancement, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. Lists actions construed to be discrimination. Allows: (1) actions that are job related and consistent with business necessity, if performance cannot be accomplished by reasonable accommodation; (2) a requirement that an individual not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace; and (3) requirements that an individual be a member of and conform to the tenets of a religious entity employer. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish, annually update, and disseminate a list of diseases transmitted through food handling. Allows a covered entity to refuse to assign to a food handling job an individual who has a disease on the list, if reasonable accommodation cannot be made. Excludes from the term "qualified individual with a disability" an individual who is currently engaging in the illegal use of drugs. Allows a covered entity to take specified actions with regard to the illegal use of drugs and the use of alcohol in relation to t…
Congressional Research Service · 1990-07-12
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