http://www.elinfonet.com/fedindex/5 Disability discrimination articles covering the topics under the Americans With Disabilities ACT (ADA) Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:10:06 EST en-us http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=7336 Article: 7336 elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST On September 25, 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, which liberalizes the definition of “disability” and means that a dramatically larger population will be considered “disabled” and protected by the ADA’s prohibitions on discrimination and its reasonable accommodation requirements. The ADAAA amendments will become effective January 1, 2009. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=7329 Article: 7329 elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST On January 1, 2009, the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 becomes effective. This new law is designed to undo several Supreme Court decisions and thereby broaden the number of individuals who can seek protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which covers employers with 15 or more employees. Many state human rights statutes have lower employee thresholds, and courts in such states often follow federal standards under the ADA as applicable to their state statute. The amendments are intended to focus employers' attention on addressing obligations under the ADA related to the interactive process, without first devoting extensive analysis as to whether an individual has a qualifying disability. The amendments include the following highlights: http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=7312 Article: 7312 elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST Since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in 1990, the United States Supreme Court and many lower federal courts have interpreted the statute in a way that has narrowed the population of persons who are considered to be “disabled” and therefore proteced under the law. This is about to change. On September 25, 2008, the President signed the “ADA Amendments Act,” which becomes effective January 1, 2009. These amendments are intended to legislatively overrule a series of Supreme Court decisions and make it easier for persons to qualify for protection under the ADA. They no doubt will accomplish that purpose. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=7311 Article: 7311 elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST On September 25th, President Bush signed into law the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. The Act effectively overturns a series of United States Supreme Court decisions that had narrowed the ADA's protections. Supporters of the Amendments Act say it restores Congress's original intent that the ADA provide broad protection from discrimination based on disability. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=7307 Article: 7307 elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST On September 25, 2008 President Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA). The statute, which expands protection of persons with disabilities in the workplace, will become effective on January 1, 2009. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=7306 Article: 7306 elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST President Bush signed into law yesterday the “ADA Amendments Act of 2008” (the “Act”). The Amendments Act’s provisions become effective on January 1, 2009. The Amendments Act broadens the scope of protection intended by the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), which Congress found to have been narrowed in recent years by various Supreme Court decisions and EEOC regulations. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=7305 Article: 7305 elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST Yesterday President Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act into law, which liberalizes the definition of "disability" and will dramatically increase the number of employees who are protected by the ADA's non-discrimination and reasonable accommodation provisions. To see the text of the ADAAA, click here. The new provisions take effect January 1, 2009. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=7304 Article: 7304 elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST On September 25, 2008, President Bush signed into law the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), overturning a series of decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and expanding the scope of medical conditions protected by the law. The ADAAA states that the purpose of the amendments is to “carry out the ADA’s objectives . . . by reinstating a broad scope of protection to be available under the ADA.” http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=7303 Article: 7303 elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST Following a summer of blockbuster releases in movie theaters across the country, Congress is delivering its own big-budget thriller to America’s employers. The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) was passed by Congress on September 17, 2008, and is expected to be signed by President Bush in the near future. Once it becomes law, the ADAAA will go into effect January 1, 2009. http://www.elinfonet.com/newscount.php?popID=7302 Article: 7302 elin@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST On September 25, 2008, President Bush signed into law the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), which will amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and directly overturn several decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court interpreting that landmark law. The ADAAA sends an unmistakable message to the courts that the concept of disability is to be more broadly, rather than narrowly, construed. The primary consequences of these amendments to employers is that far more people will fall within the definition of disability under the ADA. Specifically, the measures will increase coverage and strengthen employee protections under the ADA by: