ADAAA (Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act)

Obesity = Impairment?

Posted on February 24, 2016

the situation You are hiring for a position that has some significant safety concerns. You offer the job to an applicant, contingent upon a successful medical screening. The screening ends up showing that the applicant is morbidly obese and you are concerned about the risks that could be associated with his performing the functions of […]

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A Sufficiently Severe Temporary Impairment May Constitute a Disability

Posted on January 31, 2014

There is no question that the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (“ADAAA”) broadened the meaning of “disability and provide employees even greater protection under the ADA. However, there remain some areas of uncertainty with regard to this new, broader definition. One such question was how the permanence of an impairment (or lack thereof) would affect […]

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