LIBERATION FROM DISCRIMINATION

  There are hundreds of millions of people around the world that have some form of a disability that affects their employment. 1 in 10 people, in fact, have a disability. This is a large segment of the population that cannot be ignored. Why? Because as Baby Boomers age, the percentage of people with disabilities is likely to increase. In countries with life expectancies over 70 years of age, people spend on average about 8 years, or 11.5 % of their lives,living with at least one disability. The poverty rate for people with disabilities: 47%. 90% of children who have a disability to not attend school. People with disabilities are 1.7x more likely to be the victim of a violent crime. Claims for disability benefits have climbed by more than 600% in some countries because of a lack of job opportunities. 1 in 3 employers say that they do not hire people with disabilities because the cannot perform required job tasks. Only 35% of people with at least one disability and are of working age...

Disability harassment is unwelcome behavior in the workplace that is based on your disability. Disability harassment usually takes one of two forms, b ehavior that creates a hostile work environment (explained below) and b ehavior that results in an “adverse employment action,” such as a termination or demotion  respectively. However, harassment cannot be easily proved as some following factors for  hostile work environment  claims tend to be the most challenging.  The behavior must be   sufficiently severe or pervasive   to change the terms and conditions of your employment, as not all offensive behavior rises to the level of legally recognized harassment. The behavior must create a work environment that most other people would find to be intimidating, hostile or offensive. For  example: Company president called new employee a “cripple” and when she objected to the use of the word, a “hysterical basket case or a m anager told employee with a developme...