[humanser] Driver's license requirement for employment

Merry Schoch merrys at verizon.net
Wed Oct 16 12:32:51 UTC 2013 

Hello Serena,

Please call me 813 626 2789 or 625 1850 as soon as you can.  I'd like to get
more details regarding your experience.  If you do not have the time
available to call, please send me an email to merrys at verizon.net and provide
me with details, company name, name of individual you spoke with, company
phone number, number,  company address, your full name, and the details of
the experience.  

  I have a meeting in the morning with Dr. Maurer and this topic is one that
I will address with him.  

Thank you,
Merry c. Schoch
President
Human Services division of the National Federation of the Blind

-----Original Message-----
From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Serena
Cucco
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:37 PM
To: Human Services Mailing List
Subject: Re: [humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment

Yes, I'm aware of how he had to show that driving is an essential function
of the job.  If what he claimed was even true at all, he meant driving
clients, not driving myself to work.  I know cuz he asked me how I'd get to
work and seemed familiar with paratransit.
Frankly, I think he was lying all the way, but there's no way to prove
discrimination, other than suing the agency, which I'm not gonna do.

Serena

On 10/15/13, Karen Rose <rosekm at earthlink.net> wrote:
> To get away with requiring a drivers license a company must show that 
> driving is an east sensual function. That is you must be driving other 
> people such as clients or driving to remote locations or some other 
> such thing. Driving is not an essential function if you are simply 
> required to transport your self from place to place. There are many 
> other methods of transportation you can use.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 15, 2013, at 8:30 PM, "Jonathan Alpert" <jna3434 at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Yup, every where I turn, I get that same exact response. So frustrating.
>> I
>> have been looking for a company who does not require a drivers 
>> license and it's why I am only working 4 hours a week despite 10 
>> years of experience and two master degrees. It's why I'm not a LMHC 
>> and people who I went to grad school with are not only LMHC but one 
>> is even a superviser.
>>
>> It's frustrating.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Serena Cucco
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 8:11 PM
>> To: Human Services Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Has anyone encountered something similar to this? ... I had a job 
>> interview yesterday to be a case manager at a partial care program 
>> for the mentally ill.  As soon as I walked in, the director said the 
>> job required driving.  He asked me some relevant questions about my 
>> resume, but mostly asked how I'd do documentation and other things as 
>> a blind person.  He again reiterated how the job supposedly required 
>> driving.  That was it.  Driving wasn't mentioned anywhere in the 
>> newspaper ad where I found the job posting! **frown**
>>
>> Serena
>>
>>> On 10/14/13, Darla Rogers <djrogers0628 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>    I haven't followed all of this thread, but in some states, the
>> numbers are
>>> the same, so unless they screen your driver's license record before 
>>> the interview, maybe you have a chance.
>>>    I also want to thank Marion for always having what we need when 
>>> we
>> need it
>>> when it comes to our rights.
>>> Darla
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Anjelina
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 3:47 PM
>>> To: Human Services Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment
>>>
>>> It's a bachelors in social work.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Oct 12, 2013, at 4:09 PM, "Gregory D. Rosenberg" 
>>>> <gregg at ricis.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Good afternoon Angelina,
>>>>
>>>> I would be happy to offer some advise. What area of study was your 
>>>> BS in.
>>>> I am unfamiliar with BSW. I went to collage almost 35 years ago.
>>>>
>>>> I am an Internet Security Engineer and work from home. I have had 
>>>> to go
>> to
>>>> client sites periodically. Which is usually a train downtown or a 
>>>> car
>> ride
>>>> to an airport. I have even had some customers send a car to pick me up.
>> My
>>>> customers are mostly in Americas, Europe, Japan, China, and Australia.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 12, 2013, at 14:48 CDT, Anjelina <anjelinac26 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The evening all, I will be graduating in December with my BSW. 
>>>>> When looking for jobs I can apply for, a large majority of them 
>>>>> require a drivers license. What types of fields do you work in? 
>>>>> Did they require you to have a drivers license? How are you able 
>>>>> to work around this requirement? Thank you for any input.
>>>>> I'm feeling a bit discouraged.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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