ADA Title I Risk Review for Job Descriptions
Review job descriptions for ADA Title I qualification-standard risk before posting. Document the chain. Keep the record.
Hireposture checks every JD against a rule library written from public EEOC enforcement guidance, consent decrees, and Job Accommodation Network qualification-standards material. Each review produces a timestamped record and an append-only trail row.
Hireposture is an automated review tool. It is not legal advice and does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Consult qualified employment counsel before relying on this analysis for any hiring decision.
Your job descriptions become evidence in any ADA charge
ADA Title I qualification-standard claims are reviewed after the fact. The investigator looks at the JD as it appeared on the day a complainant was screened out. Producing the review chain that preceded that posting is a different posture than producing nothing.
$600K
Lori’s Gifts EEOC settlement (S.D. Ohio, 2026) involving a uniformly applied physical-lifting requirement.
Public consent decree
7 years
EEOC charge-investigation lookback window. Audit trails of pre-posting review need to survive that long.
EEOC record-keeping rules
Posted JD
is itself the evidence. The posted text and the review chain that preceded it are what an investigator can request.
Pattern from public ADA Title I matters
ATS templates and inclusive-language tools focus on the surface
The tools you have today read the JD for clarity, tone, and required disclaimers. None of them read it for the qualification-standard patterns the EEOC has historically reviewed.
What ATS templates check
- •Word count and reading level
- •Generic inclusive-language patterns
- •Required EEO disclaimer present
- •Salary-band disclosure for state laws
What Hireposture flags
- •Uniform physical thresholds without role-specific context
- •Education requirements without job-relatedness statements
- •Subjective trait language ("fast-paced," "high-stress")
- •Attendance language that omits accommodation framing
One reviews how the JD reads. The other reviews what it commits the employer to.
Submit the JD. Keep the record.
The product is in active build. The flow below describes the v1 design.
Step 01
Submit the JD
Paste, upload, or pull from your ATS. Hireposture stores the source text immutably so the same review can be re-derived later.
Step 02
Review against the rule library
A two-pass review using Claude. The rule library is written from public EEOC guidance and consent decrees. Every finding cites the rule that triggered it and the source language in the JD.
Step 03
Record and trail
Hireposture produces a timestamped record with the disclaimer language and the rule library version stamped in. The trail row is append-only.
Patterns that show up in mid-market job libraries
These four categories appear as boilerplate in JDs across retail, hospitality, healthcare, warehouse, and admin/staffing. They are the surface area Hireposture is being built to flag for review.
Uniform physical thresholds
A single lifting or strength requirement applied across many roles by template. The Lori’s Gifts settlement involved a pattern of this shape.
Education-as-proxy
Degree requirements without an accompanying statement of the role-specific knowledge or skills the degree is intended to evidence.
Subjective trait language
Phrases like "fast-paced," "high-stress," or "must thrive under pressure" that screen on a trait rather than a measurable job function.
Attendance framing
Attendance and on-site requirements stated as absolute, without language acknowledging the accommodation analysis those requirements typically trigger.
How the trail is built
The product's value is the trail. These four properties are designed in at the data layer and enforced at the build pipeline.
Append-only
No UPDATE, no DELETE on trail rows from feature code. Enforced as a CI rule.
7-year retention
Matches the EEOC charge-investigation window. Customer offboarding does not delete trail rows.
Versioned disclaimer
Every record stamps the disclaimer version it was issued under. Disclaimer changes do not retroactively rewrite history.
Versioned rule library
Every audit row stamps the rule library version. A re-run under a new rule library version is a new audit row, never a re-stamp.
Get on the waitlist
Hireposture is in active build, with employment-counsel review of the rule library scheduled before public availability. Join the waitlist or schedule a call with the founder.
Hireposture is an automated review tool. It is not legal advice and does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Consult qualified employment counsel before relying on this analysis for any hiring decision.