California Disability Discrimination: The ADA and FEHA

The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) protect qualified people with disabilities but who can do the job. It requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to allow disabled people to perform a job’s essential functions. For employees with a disability or serious medical condition who can perform the essential functions of the job, these laws provide protection from discrimination.

At The Kaufman Law Firm, we represent employees who have been victims of disability discrimination. If you believe your employer has broken a labor law against you, talk with us. Located in California, California, we represent employees throughout Southern California. We’re dedicated to representing employees in disputes against their employers regarding the FEHA & ADA laws in California FEHA & ADA laws. We have successfully won numerous trials, arbitrations, and appeals and have litigated on behalf of thousands of people just like you.

We are dedicated to enforcing the protections for disabled employees of all kinds throughout California.

Under federal “ADA” law, employers must make reasonable accommodations to enable an employee with a disability to perform a position’s essential functions. A reasonable accommodation is an action that enables an employee with a disability to receive the same opportunities and benefits of employment as other employees. Employers must provide:

• Workplace facilities access for disabled individuals
• Transfer or reassignment to a vacant position for which the disabled employee is qualified
• Part-time or modified work schedules
• Modified equipment or devices to accommodate a disabled employee However, the employer’s duty to accommodate has its limits. Accommodations must not impose an “undue hardship” on the operation of the employer’s business. The employee must prove that the accommodation is reasonable both in cost and benefit to the employer’s business