Reasonable Accommodation for Employees of Office of Employee Relations and Labor Management Committees

PLEASE NOTE: The DRA/ADA Coordinator listed below is for the employees of OER/LMC and issues associated with OER/LMC-related services, programs, or activities.

If you are not an OER/LMC employee and have a question relating to a Reasonable Accommodation request concerning any other agency, you need to reach out to your own agency’s Human Resources Department for information on who to contact in that agency.

The Agency’s Designee for Reasonable Accommodations (DRA) and Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator (ADA Coordinator) is identified below. This individual will be able to give you information and forms for requesting reasonable accommodations and for grieving the denial of accommodation requests.

DRA/ADA Coordinator Name:

Dawn LaPointe

DRA/ADA Coordinator Contact Information:

Office of Employee Relations

Personnel Office

2 Empire State Plaza, 8th Floor

Albany, New York 12223

(518) 473-3467

[email protected]

Backup DRA/ADA Coordinator Name:

Nicholas Giuliano

Backup DRA/ADA Coordinator Contact Information:

Office of Employee Relations

Personnel Office

2 Empire State Plaza, 8th Floor

Albany, New York 12223

(518) 473-3467

[email protected]

In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), the Office of Employee Relations will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs, or activities.

Employment: The Office of Employee Relations does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment practices and complies with all regulations promulgated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Title I of the ADA.

Effective Communication: The Office of Employee Relations will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in Office of Employee Relations programs, services, and activities, including qualified sign language interpreters, documents in braille, and other ways of making information and communications accessible to people who have speech, hearing, or vision impairments.

Modifications to Policies and Procedures: The Office of Employee Relations will make all reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all of its programs, services, and activities. For example, individuals with service animals are welcomed in Office of Employee Relations offices, even where pets are generally prohibited.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity of Office of Employee Relations should contact the office of Dawn LaPointe at 518-473-3467 or email [email protected] as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled event.

The ADA does not require the Office of Employee Relations to take any action that would fundamentally alter the nature of its programs or services, or impose an undue financial or administrative burden.

Complaints that a program, service, or activity of the Office of Employee Relations is not accessible to persons with disabilities should be directed to Dawn LaPointe at 518-473-3467 or email [email protected].

The Office of Employee Relations will not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individuals with disabilities to cover the cost of providing auxiliary aids/services or reasonable modifications of policy, such as retrieving items from locations that are open to the public but are not accessible to persons who use wheelchairs.

This Grievance Procedure is established to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"). It may be used by anyone who wishes to file a complaint alleging discrimination on the basis of disability in the provision of services, activities, programs, or benefits by the Office of Employee Relations. Employment related complaints of disability discrimination are covered elsewhere, in policies available from the human resources office of the Office of Employee Relations.

The complaint should be in writing and contain information about the alleged discrimination such as name, address, phone number of complainant and location, date, and description of the problem. No particular format of the complaint is required. Alternative means of filing complaints, such as personal interviews or a tape recording of the complaint, will be made available for persons with disabilities upon request.

The complaint should be submitted by the grievant and/or his or her designee as soon as possible but no later than 60 calendar days after the alleged violation to:

Dawn LaPointe, Designee of Reasonable Accommodation (DRA)/ADA Coordinator:
Office of Employee Relations, Personnel Office, 2 Empire State Plaza, 8th Floor, Albany, New York 12223

Within 15 calendar days after receipt of the complaint, the ADA Coordinator or his or her designee will meet with the complainant to discuss the complaint and the possible resolutions. Within 15 calendar days of the meeting, the ADA Coordinator or his or her designee will respond in writing, and where appropriate, in a format accessible to the complainant, such as large print, Braille, or audio tape. The response will explain the position of the Office of Employee Relations and offer options for substantive resolution of the complaint.

If the response by the ADA Coordinator or his or her designee does not satisfactorily resolve the issue, the complainant and/or his or her designee may appeal the decision within 15 calendar days after receipt of the response to the agency head or his or her designee or his or her designee.

Within 15 calendar days after receipt of the appeal, the agency head or his or her designee or his or her designee will respond in writing, and, where appropriate, in a format accessible to the complainant, with the agency’s final resolution of the complaint, or indicating that the matter has been returned to the ADA Coordinator for further action. If further action is indicated, the complainant will be contacted within 15 days from the written response.

All written complaints received by the ADA Coordinator or his or her designee, appeals to the agency head or his or her designee or his or her designee, and responses from these two offices will be retained by the Office of Employee Relations for at least three years.

A continuación se identifica a la persona nombrada por la agencia para las adaptaciones razonables (DRA) y al Coordinador de la Ley sobre Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (Coordinador de ADA). Esta persona podrá proporcionarle información y formularios para solicitar adaptaciones razonables y para presentar una queja por la negación de solicitudes de adaptación.

Nombre de la DRA y del Coordinador de ADA:

Dawn LaPointe

Información de contacto de la DRA y del Coordinador de ADA:

Office of Employee Relations

Personnel Office

2 Empire State Plaza, 8th Floor

Albany, New York 12223

(518) 473-3467

[email protected]

Nombre del sustituto de la DRA y del Coordinador de ADA:

Nicholas Giuliano

Información de contacto del sustituto de la DRA y del Coordinador de ADA:

Office of Employee Relations

Personnel Office

2 Empire State Plaza, 8th Floor

Albany, New York 12223

(518) 473-3467

[email protected]

Reprezantan Ajans lan pou Aranjman Rezonab [Designee for Reasonable Accommodations (DRA)] ak Kowòdonatè Lwa Anfavè Ameriken Andikape (Disabilities Act Coordinator) (Kowòdonatè ADA) idantifye anba la a. Moun sa a ap kapab ba ou enfòmasyon ak fòm pou mande aranjman rezonab epitou pou fè doleyans pou refi yo ba ou pou demann aranjman.

Non Kowòdonatè DRA/ADA:

Dawn LaPointe

Enfòmasyon pou Kontakte Kowòdonatè DRA/ADA:

Office of Employee Relations

Personnel Office

2 Empire State Plaza, 8th Floor

Albany, New York 12223

(518) 473-3467

[email protected]

Non Kowòdonatè Ranplasan DRA/ADA:

Nicholas Giuliano

Enfòmasyon pou Kontakte Kowòdonatè Ranplasan DRA/ADA:

Office of Employee Relations

Personnel Office

2 Empire State Plaza, 8th Floor

Albany, New York 12223

(518) 473-3467

[email protected]

Di seguito è indicato il nome del responsabile dell'adattamento ragionevole (DRA), nonché del coordinatore dell’ADA per l’agenzia. Tale figura è in grado di fornire informazioni e moduli per richiedere eventuali adattamenti ragionevoli e presentare un reclamo in caso di rifiuto di una richiesta di adattamento ragionevole.

Nome DRA/coordinatore dell’ADA:

Dawn LaPointe

Recapiti DRA/coordinatore dell’ADA:

Office of Employee Relations

Personnel Office

2 Empire State Plaza, 8th Floor

Albany, New York 12223

(518) 473-3467

[email protected]

Nome sostituto DRA/coordinatore dell’ADA:

Nicholas Giuliano

Recapiti sostituto DRA/coordinatore dell’ADA:

Office of Employee Relations

Personnel Office

2 Empire State Plaza, 8th Floor

Albany, New York 12223

(518) 473-3467

[email protected]

해당 기관의 정당한 편의제공을 위한 피지명자(DRA) 및 미국 장애인법 담당자(ADA 담당자)가 아래 명시되어 있습니다. 해당인은 귀하가 정당한 편의제공을 요청하거나 편의제공 요청 거부에 항의할 수 있도록 필요한 정보 및 양식을 제공할 것입니다.

DRA/ADA 담당자 이름:

Dawn LaPointe

DRA/ADA 담당자 연락처 정보:

Office of Employee Relations

Personnel Office

2 Empire State Plaza, 8th Floor

Albany, New York 12223

(518) 473-3467

[email protected]

예비 DRA/ADA 담당자 이름:

Nicholas Giuliano

비 DRA/ADA 담당자 연락처 정보:

Office of Employee Relations

Personnel Office

2 Empire State Plaza, 8th Floor

Albany, New York 12223

(518) 473-3467

[email protected]

Назначенное агентством лицо для разумного приспособления (DRA) и координатор по выполнению закона «О гражданах США с ограниченными возможностями» (координатор ADA) указаны ниже. Данное лицо сможет предоставить вам информацию и формы для запроса разумного приспособления, а также для обжалования отказов на запросы о приспособлении.

Фамилия и имя координатора DRA/ADA:

Dawn LaPointe

Контактные данные координатора DRA/ADA:

Office of Employee Relations

Personnel Office

2 Empire State Plaza, 8th Floor

Albany, New York 12223

(518) 473-3467

[email protected]

Фамилия и имя замещающего координатора DRA/ADA:

Nicholas Giuliano

Контактные данные замещающего координатора DRA/ADA:

Office of Employee Relations

Personnel Office

2 Empire State Plaza, 8th Floor

Albany, New York 12223

(518) 473-3467

[email protected]

此機構的合理便利設施指定人 (Designee for Reasonable Accommodations, DRA) 與美國殘障者法案協調員 (Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator, ADA Coordinator) 指明於下。該人員能夠為您提供關於所要求之合理便利設施的資訊與表格，以及在便利設施請求遭拒時致歉。

DRA/ADA 協調員姓名：

Dawn LaPointe

DRA/ADA 協調員聯繫資訊：

Office of Employee Relations

Personnel Office

2 Empire State Plaza, 8th Floor

Albany, New York 12223

(518) 473-3467

[email protected]

備援 DRA/ADA 協調員姓名：

Nicholas Giuliano

援 DRA/ADA 協調員聯繫資訊：

Office of Employee Relations

Personnel Office

2 Empire State Plaza, 8th Floor

Albany, New York 12223

(518) 473-3467

[email protected]