Councils will have to look at streamlining their "long-winded and overly complex" job application procedures, Handley believes.

The prohibition on discrimination would apply to job application procedures, recruitment and selection, training, promotion, dismissal, remuneration and any other employment terms, conditions and privileges.

This applies to job application procedures, hiring, advancement and discharge of employees, workers' compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.

In addition to making such appropriate accommodations, the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) protects against discrimination in "job application procedures, hiring, advancement, discharge, compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment".

The A.D.A. prohibits certain employers, including the states, from "discriminating against a qualified individual with a disability because of the disability of such individual in regard to job application procedures, the hiring, advancement, or discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment."