TITLE THREE
PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST DISABLED
PERSONS
CHAPTER 1
Discrimination on Employment
SECTION 32. Discrimination on Employment
No entity, whether public or private,
shall discriminate against a qualified disabled person by reason of disability in regard to
job application procedures, the hiring, promotion, or discharge of employees, employee
compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
The following constitute acts of discrimination:
(a). Limiting, segregating or classifying a disabled job applicant in such a manner that
adversely affects his work opportunities;
(b). Using qualification standards, employment tests or other selection criteria that
screen out or tend to screen out a disabled person unless such standards, tests or other
selection criteria are shown to be jobrelated for the position on question and are
consistent with business necessity;
(c). Utilizing standards, criteria, or methods of administration that:
1). have the effect of discrimination on the basis of disability; or
2). perpetuate the discrimination of others who are subject to common administrative
control;
(d). Providing less compensation, such as salary, wage or other forms of remuneration
and fringe benefits, to a qualified disabled employee, by reason of his disability, than the
amount to which a non-disabled person performing the same work is entitled;
(e). Favoring a non-disabled employee over a qualified disabled employee with respect
to promotion, training opportunities, study and scholarship grants, solely on account of
the latter’s disability;
(f). Re-assigning or transferring a disabled employee to a job or position he cannot
perform by reason of his disability;
(g). Dismissing or terminating the services of a disabled employee by reason of his
disability unless the employer can prove that he impairs the satisfactory performance of
the work involve to the prejudice of the business entities; Provided, however, That the
employer first sought provide reasonable accommodations for disabled persons;
(h). Failing to select or administer in the effective manner employment tests which
accurately reflect the skills, aptitude or other factor of the disabled applicant or
employee that such test purports to measure, rather than the impaired sensory, manual
or speaking skills of such applicant or employee, if any; and
(i). Excluding disabled persons from membership in labor unions or similar organization.
SECTION 33. Employment Entrance Examination
Upon an offer of employment, a
disabled applicant may be subjected to medical examination, on the following
occasions:
(a). all entering employees are subjected to such an examination regardless of
disability;
(b). information obtained during the medical condition or history of the applicant is
collected and maintained on separate forms and in separate medical files and is treated
as a confidential medical record, Provided, however, That:
1). supervisors and managers may be informed regarding necessary restrictions on the
work or duties of the employees and necessary accommodations;
2). first aid and safety personnel my be informed, when appropriate, if the disability
might require emergency treatment;
3). government officials investigating compliance with this Act shall be provided relevant
information on request; and
4). the results of such examination are used only accordance with this Act.
CHPTER 2
Discrimination on Transportation
SECTION 34. Public Transportation
It shall be considered discrimination for the
franchises or operators and personnel of sea, land, and air transportation facilities to
charge higher fare or to refuse to convey a passenger, his orthopedic devices, personal
effects, and merchandise by reason of his disability.
CHAPTER 3
Discrimination on the Use of Public
Accommodations and Services
SECTION 35. Public Accommodations and Services
For purposes of this Chapter,
public accommodations and services shall include the following:
(a). an inn, hotel, motel, or other place of lodging, except for an establishment located
within a building that contains not more than five (5) rooms for rent or hire and that is