Meeting the Challenge of Sexual Harassment

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Advantages to hiring older workers:

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Lower turnover

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Greater consciousness of safety

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Longer work experience

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More maturity

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More loyalty to the enterprise

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McDonald's capitalizes on these advantages and actively recruits older workers

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)

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Prior to the passage of the ADA, over 43 million Americans had one or more physical or mental disabilities

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The number of Americans with disabilities will increase as our populationages

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Society has historically isolated and discriminated against the disabled,who often had no legal recourse

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Title I of the ADA was passed to protect individuals with disabilities fromworkplace discriminationCovered Entities and Protected Individuals

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The ADA prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilitieson the basis of those disabilities

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This applies to job application procedures, hiring, advancement, discharge,compensation, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment

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Covered entities include private sector employers with 15 or moreemployees, state and local government employers, and the U.S. Congress

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Additional requirements for federal government employers andcontractors with federal contracts exceeding $2,500 are contained in the

Rehabilitation Act of 1973

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Both the Rehabilitation Act and the ADA define an individual with a disability assomeone who:

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Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or moremajor life activities,

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Has a record of such an impairment, or

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Is regarded as having such an impairment

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Examples of physical disabilities: visual and hearing impairments, cancer,and HIV/AIDS

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Examples of mental impairments: major depression, bipolar disorder,anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and personality disordersReasonable Accommodations

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The ADA states that employers must make reasonable accommodations for theknown disabilities of a qualified...