Disabilities in the Workplace : Drug and Alcohol Use and Testing
The federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), the major laws covering individuals with disabilities, do not affect your employer’s right to prohibit alcohol and illegal drug use at the workplace. Employment rules prohibiting such drug or alcohol use are permissible.
Disability Discrimination for Workers and Applicants
What kinds of protections and solutions are offered for people with disabilities? Your rights when applying for a job, interviewing, working on the job, resolving disputes, and taking leaves.
Ensuring equal access for people with disabilities
Employment and housing discrimination.
Labor Unions: Duty of Fair Representation
A union owes a duty of fair representation to all of the workers it represents. This duty requires that the union act fairly, impartially, and without ill will or discrimination when pursuing a worker"s grievance or when negotiating a new contract with the employer.
Disabilities in the Workplace: Reasonable Accommodation
Reasonable accommodations are changes made to a job or the workplace to enable an employee or job applicant to successfully perform the position"s basic duties,to protect health, and to obtain the same benefits of employment as other workers.
Disability Discrimination for Workers and Applicants
What kinds of protections and solutions are offered for people with disabilities? Your rights when applying for a job, interviewing, working on the job, resolving disputes, and taking leaves.
Disability Rights California - Publications
Browse through the statewide disability rights advocacy organization's publications, which cover many areas of the law.
Ensuring equal access for people with disabilities
Employment and housing discrimination.
Facts About the Americans with Disabilities Act
A detailed explanation of what the law covers.
Undocumented Workers' Employment Rights
With a few exceptions, undocumented workers enjoy all of the legal rights and remedies provided by both Federal and California law.
Work-Leave, the ADA, and the FMLA
The Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and ADA grant leaves of absence.
Wrongful Termination
The general rule in California is that employees are considered to employed "at will," meaning that they may be fired at any time by their employers, for any reason or for no reason at all. However, there are important exceptions to the "at will" rule.
Disability Rights California - Publications
Browse through the statewide disability rights advocacy organization's publications, which cover many areas of the law.
Disability Employment Policy Frequently Asked Questions
If your question is not addressed, please feel free to contact the Office of Disability Employment Policy at InfoODEP@dol.gov
Labor Enforcement Task Force (LETF)
What are your rights as a worker? What Is the Underground Economy? Report a bad employer.
Disabilities in the Workplace : Drug and Alcohol Use and Testing
The federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), the major laws covering individuals with disabilities, do not affect your employer’s right to prohibit alcohol and illegal drug use at the workplace. Employment rules prohibiting such drug or alcohol use are permissible.
Disabilities in the Workplace: Reasonable Accommodation
Reasonable accommodations are changes made to a job or the workplace to enable an employee or job applicant to successfully perform the position"s basic duties,to protect health, and to obtain the same benefits of employment as other workers.
Disability Discrimination for Workers and Applicants
What kinds of protections and solutions are offered for people with disabilities? Your rights when applying for a job, interviewing, working on the job, resolving disputes, and taking leaves.
Disability Employment Policy Frequently Asked Questions
If your question is not addressed, please feel free to contact the Office of Disability Employment Policy at InfoODEP@dol.gov
Disability Rights California - Publications
Browse through the statewide disability rights advocacy organization's publications, which cover many areas of the law.
Ensuring equal access for people with disabilities
Employment and housing discrimination.
Facts About the Americans with Disabilities Act
A detailed explanation of what the law covers.
Labor Enforcement Task Force (LETF)
What are your rights as a worker? What Is the Underground Economy? Report a bad employer.
Labor Unions: Duty of Fair Representation
A union owes a duty of fair representation to all of the workers it represents. This duty requires that the union act fairly, impartially, and without ill will or discrimination when pursuing a worker"s grievance or when negotiating a new contract with the employer.
Undocumented Workers' Employment Rights
With a few exceptions, undocumented workers enjoy all of the legal rights and remedies provided by both Federal and California law.
Work-Leave, the ADA, and the FMLA
The Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and ADA grant leaves of absence.
Wrongful Termination
The general rule in California is that employees are considered to employed "at will," meaning that they may be fired at any time by their employers, for any reason or for no reason at all. However, there are important exceptions to the "at will" rule.