Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) : Federal

The ADA prohibits employers of 15 or more employees from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities. The ADA also requires an employer to provide reasonable accommodation for a qualified applicant’s or employee’s known disability, unless it would impose undue hardship on the employer’s business, or unless the applicant or employee would cause a direct safety threat to others.¹

The ADA's discrimination protections include prohibiting employers from denying equal benefits to qualified applicants or employees with disabilities, including discriminatory allocations of fringe benefits, even if the employers don't administer these benefits.² For