Byline: Gregory Spears Knight-Ridder
A new law designed to help millions of disabled Americans find jobs and win promotions takes effect July 26.
Recovering drug addicts, the mentally ill and people with AIDS are among those protected by the new Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The law says that businesses with 25 or more workers cannot discriminate against a qualified person solely because that person has a disabling condition.
Employers have an obligation under the law to provide "reasonable accommodations" for workers with disabilities - such as building a wheelchair ramp to an office building - unless it places "undue hardship" on the …
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