Disability Discrimination

Our Texas employment law firm fights for employees who face disability discrimination in the workplace. The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Labor Code both prohibit employers from discriminating against disabled employees in the workplace. Employers must also offer a reasonable accommodation to all disabled employees.

Contact our Texas employment lawyer if you have been discriminated against or denied a reasonable accommodation in the workplace.

Additionally, both state and federal laws prohibit employers from retaliating against an employee who complains about or opposes unlawful disability discrimination in the workplace. If you have suffered from disability discrimination or workplace retaliation, contact a Texas employment lawyer today. Submit your case to our Dallas employment law firm.

In addition to prohibiting employers from discriminating against an employee because of his or her disability, the law requires employers to provide disabled employees with a reasonable accommodation. Employers must engage in an interactive process to determine what accommodation would be reasonable. This is a powerful feature of disability discrimination laws in Texas.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (commonly referred to as the “ADA” or “ADAAA”) was amended in 2009. This amendment broadened the meaning of the term disability. Now, an employee may qualify as disabled if:

• The employee has a condition or impairment that substantially limits a major life activity;
• The employee has a history of being disabled; or
• The employee is “regarded as” having a mental or physical impairment by his or her employer.

Examples of common disabilities include anxiety, depression, ADHD, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), AIDS, HIV, diabetes, epilepsy, and countless other medical conditions.

Contact our Texas employment lawyer today if you need a reasonable accommodation or have been discriminated against because of your disability. Our Texas employment law firm will fight for your rights.

Disability discrimination can take multiple forms in the workplace. For example, disability discrimination occurs when an employee is terminated, suspended, denied training, denied promotion, or anything else that negatively affects the terms and conditions of employment because the employee is disabled or needs a reasonable accommodation. Contact a Texas employment lawyer immediately, if you are the victim of disability discrimination in the workplace.

Disability discrimination can also occur in the application process. For example, an employer cannot refuse to hire an applicant simply because the employee is disabled or is “regarded as” having a disability. The law places strict guidelines around an employer’s ability to ask about disabilities during the hiring process. In most cases, an employer cannot ask about an employee’s medical condition or disability as a contingency on making a job offer. An employer can only ask whether the employee can perform the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

If you have been discriminated against because of a disability or perceived disability, contact our Texas employment law firm today.

Disability laws require employers to provide a reasonable accommodation for an employee that is disabled. However, different employees and disabilities require different accommodations. After an employee notifies his or her employer about a disability, the employer must engage in an interactive process to determine what is a reasonable accommodation. An employer cannot simply deny your request for accommodation without offering another solution. At minimum, an employer must engage in a meaningful dialogue regarding the requested accommodation. It is a violation of the law for an employer to simply deny your request for accommodation. Contact our Texas employment law today if you have been denied a reasonable accommodation.

Contact our Texas employment law firm today if you are the victim of disability discrimination in the workplace. Employment laws often have short deadlines. Thus, it is important to contact a Texas employment lawyer immediately