Government and public statistics
42 U.S.C. 12112: Discrimination under the ADA, employment
United States Congress, Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute, n.d.
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- What it is
- The text of Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act that treats a failure to make reasonable accommodations as discrimination unless the employer can show undue hardship, and that requires disability information to be kept confidential.
- How much weight it carries
- Statute text as published by Cornell LII, a copy of the US Code rather than the official government print. Courts and EEOC guidance interpret it, so read them alongside the text.
Facts taken from this source
- The ADA says information obtained about a person's medical condition must be kept on separate forms, in separate medical files, and treated as a confidential medical record.
“is collected and maintained on separate forms and in separate medical files and is treated as a confidential medical record” (42 U.S.C. 12112(d)(3)(B))
- Under the ADA, an employer that does not make reasonable accommodations for the known limitations of a qualified employee discriminates, unless it can show the accommodation would impose an undue hardship.
“not making reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or employee, unless such covered entity can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the business of such covered entity” (42 U.S.C. 12112(b)(5)(A))