Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

The Maryland Transit Administration’s (MTA) Office of Fair Practices Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program provides a process for investigating complaints of discrimination filed against the MTA by any employee, applicant, vendor, contractor, or customer of this agency.

• History of Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

  The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush.  It guarantees people with disabilities equal opportunity in employment, public accommodations and telecommunications. Title II of the ADA assures people with disabilities comparable transit services to those without disabilities. More...

  The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is committed to providing a public transit system that everyone can use. We have made many improvements to make our system more accessible for people with disabilities and seniors.

• Discrimination Prohibited by the ADA of 1990
  

  The ADA is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits:
  
  Employers, state and local governments, employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement, compensation, job training.More...

  Discrimination may include, among other things limiting or classifying a job applicant or employee in an adverse way, denying employment opportunities to people who truly qualify, or not making reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of disabled employees.

• Disability and Reasonable Accommodations

  An individual with a disability is a person who:
       • Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
  or more major life activities;
       • Has a record of such an impairment; or
       • Is regarded as having such impairment.
  A qualified employee or applicant with a disability is an individual who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the job in question.
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  Reasonable Accommodation
  

  Reasonable accommodation is any change in the work environment or in the way things are customarily done that enables an individual with a disability to apply for a job, perform a job, or parts of the job, or gain equal access to the benefits and privileges of a job. The ADA requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide reasonable accommodation for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. The ADA does not require an employer to provide a specific accommodation if it causes undue hardship such as significant difficulty or expense.
  
  Reasonable Accommodation Requests
  To request a Reasonable Accommodation, contact the MTA Office of Human Resources, Medical Services located 6 Saint Paul Street, 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21202 at (410) 767-3851.

   

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  ADA Resources
  

  The following are available resources: More...
• MTA Accessibility
• MTA Mobility and Paratransit
• Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT)
• Related Resource and Information Links (MCHR)
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Federal Transit Administration Civil Rights
• Office of Statewide Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinator