The 'New and Improved' ADA Amendments Act

Originally published in the Winter 2010 Edition of Chamber’s W.Va. Human Resources Journal

 

Congress enacted the ADA Amendments Act, which went into effect last year, for the explicit purposes of providing expansive protections from disability discrimination and reversing U.S. Supreme Court decisions that Congress felt were inconsistent with the goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act.  In conjunction with the new law, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued proposed regulations consistent with the idea of expansive coverage.