21.   Numerous other Bay Area major employers hire developmentally disabled workers, including Home Depot and Longs Drug Stores.

22.   Ordinarily, it would be sufficient for an employer to show that assigning a job to a disabled worker would violate company seniority rules, the court said.

23.   One common fear is that accommodating disabled workers is expensive.

24.   Operating offices now in six cities, including Oakland and Santa Rosa, Jobs for All connects employers and disabled workers.

25.   Social Security also pays benefits to disabled workers, but that part of the program is not expected to be affected by reform proposals.

26.   The agency could, therefore, seek an order stopping Waffle House from illegally firing any disabled workers.

27.   The Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for disabled workers who can perform the essential functions of their jobs.

28.   The trend has been credited for giving workers more time with their families and for expanding job opportunities for disabled workers.

29.   They also proclaim protection as disabled workers under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

30.   They say its provision to cap benefits for partly disabled workers will force people onto welfare.