The Missouri Human Rights Act (MHRA) covers employers with six or more employees and prohibits discrimination on the basis of an employee’s disability.
The MHRA prohibits discrimination against an individual with a disability. The term disability is defined in a manner similar to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Missouri statute also requires reasonable accommodation.
For an employee’s disability to be protected by Missouri state law, the disability, once accommodated, must not interfere with performing the job.
The federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) covers all private employers with 15 or more employees for 20 or more weeks during a calendar year. It also covers public employers, labor organizations and employment agencies.
Employers who are recipients of federal grants or contract of $15,000 per year will also be covered by the Rehabilitation Act. If an employer receives that amount, contracts will be required not to discriminate and reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
Employers with six or more employees in Missouri are covered by the state statute prohibiting discrimination because of a handicap and requiring reasonable accommodation of such handicaps.
The ADA does not apply...
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