SEMINAR TO HELP FIRMS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, January 30, 1992                   TAG: 9201300161
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-8   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: PULASKI                                LENGTH: Short
SEMINAR TO HELP FIRMS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
A seminar on how businesses can comply with the new Americans With Disabilities Act will be held Feb. 19 at the Appalachian Power Co. auditorium on Main Street in Pulaski.
The new federal law prohibits discrimination against the disabled in employment, public accommodations, government services, transportation and communications.
The act includes hearing and visual impairment, paraplegia, epilepsy, alcoholism, past drug use and AIDS in its definition of disabling conditions.
The provisions for employers with 25 or more employees becomes effective in July. There is no small-business exception in the law.
The three-hour seminar, sponsored by the Gilmer, Sadler, Ingram, Sutherland & Hutton law firm, will begin at 9 a.m. Deborah Wood Dobbins, who specializes in workers' compensation and employment law, will give the presentation.
A $25 registration fee covers written materials and refreshments. Call Lelia McCormick at 980-1360 or 639-0027 to register by Feb. 12.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB