HR and Benefits: Active Employee Handbook

Disability Discrimination

It is the policy of the Metropolitan Government to assure equal employment opportunity to disabled persons on the basis of qualifications and ability to perform the job. There shall be no discrimination in terms of employment opportunities, wages, hours of work, or other conditions of employment or benefits.

An individual with a disability is one who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a record of such an impairment, or who is regarded as having such an impairment.