What’s the next wave of employment law that general counsel need to surf? It’s reasonable accommodation under the Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA). The act kicked in Jan. 1, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has just issued proposed regulations for it.
The math is simple: The ADAAA greatly expands, per congressional intent, the definition of disability. With more employees qualifying as disabled under the law, employers must ramp up their efforts to reasonably accommodate a disability. Failure to do so results in a discrete violation of the law.
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