30.011: Employment Discrimination Title I of The Americans with Disabilities Act
Overview
Program Number
30.011
Status
Active
Last Modified
Sept. 21, 2022
Date Posted
Sept. 21, 2022
Objective
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits employment discrimination against applicants or employees based on disability. The ADA also prohibits retaliation against an individual for opposing employment practices that discriminate based on disability or for filing a discrimination charge, testifying, or participating in any way in an investigation, proceeding, or litigation under the ADA. The Rehabilitation Act provides federal employees with the same protections.
Type of Assistance
N - Investigation of Complaints
Applicant Eligibility
Any aggrieved individual, or any individual, or any organization, or agency filing on behalf of an aggrieved individual, who has reason to believe that an unlawful employment practice within the meaning of Title I of the ADA has been committed by an employer with 15 or more employees, including state or local governments, an employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining, including on-the-job training programs. Any aggrieved individual who believes he or she has been retaliated against for opposing employment practices that discriminate based on disability or who files an ADA charge, testifies, or participates in any way in an investigation, proceeding, or litigation under the ADA. Federal employees are protected from disability discrimination under section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Applicants, for employment, current employees, and former employees of the named respondent(s) in a charge who have been subjected to unlawful employment practices based on disability by the named respondent (s), and/or who have been subjected to retaliation for filing a charge of discrimination, for opposing disability discrimination or for participating in an ADA or Rehabilitation Act investigation, proceeding, or litigation.
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Additional Information
Grant Awards
Employment Discrimination Title I of The Americans with Disabilities Act direct grants
Grant Opportunities