[nagdu] Do You Have a Valid Driver's License?

[Marion Gwizdala]

natalie,
    the more the supply exceeds the demand, the more employers will be 
seeking ways to narrow the qualifications. A valid drivers' license may give 
them valuable information, screening out those who may not make good 
employees due to some of the factors that make obtaining a drivers' license 
impossible, such as addiction issues. However, the challenge is that they 
are not thinking of those they are screening out because of disability and 
how that could negatively impact their company through allegations of 
discrimination.

Fraternally yours,
marion Gwizdala

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Natalie" <nrorrell at qwest.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Do You Have a Valid Driver's License?


> Hi Marion,
> Definitely important to have on hand.  Thanks for sharing, and it's 
> already saved in my documents.  Though I've never had a prospective entity 
> of employment insist on my showing a valid driver's license, lol, in this 
> economic time I could see someone doing that.
> Best,
> Nat and Liam Joshua
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:11 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Do You Have a Valid Driver's License?
>
>
> Dear All,
>    As we search for employment in this challenging economic climate, we 
> often come across positions for which we are well qualified by our 
> educational and experiential achievements, but find that the employer 
> requires a valid driver's license. Title I of the Americans with 
> disabilities Act defines discrimination, in part,  as follows:
>
> Sec. 102. Discrimination. 42 USC 12112.
>
> (a) General Rule. No covered entity shall discriminate against a qualified 
> individual with a disability because of the disability of such individual 
> in
>
> regard to job application procedures, the hiring, advancement, or 
> discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training, and other 
> terms, conditions,
>
> and privileges of employment.
>
>
>
> (b) Construction. As used in subsection (a), the term discriminate 
> includes
>
>
>
> (6) using qualification standards, employment tests or other selection 
> criteria that screen out or tend to screen out an individual with a 
> disability or
>
> a class of individuals with disabilities unless the standard, test or 
> other selection criteria, as used by the covered entity, is shown to be 
> job- related
>
> for the position in question and is consistent with business necessity; 
> and
>
>
>
> (7) failing to select and administer tests concerning employment in the 
> most effective manner to ensure that, when such test is administered to a 
> job applicant
>
> or employee who has a disability that impairs sensory, manual, or speaking 
> skills, such test results accurately reflect the skills, aptitude, or 
> whatever
>
> other factor of such applicant or employee that such test purports to 
> measure, rather than reflecting the impaired sensory, manual, or speaking 
> skills
>
> of such employee or applicant (except where such skills are the factors 
> that the test purports to measure).
>
>
>
> The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published guidance 
> on the requirement of having a valid drivers' license as a condition of 
> employment. I thought it would be helpful to share this information with 
> you so that you can better advocate for yourself and others. This letter 
> is attached to this message.
>
>
>
> Fraternally yours,
>
> Marion Gwizdala, President
> National Association of Guide Dog Users (NAGDU)
> National Federation of the Blind
> 813-626-2789
> President at NAGDU.ORG
> HTTP://WWW.NAGDU.ORG
>
>
>
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