The EEOC Has Issued Final Regulations Under the Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA")

The Final Regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act (“ADAAA”) were released today for publication tomorrow in the Federal Register.  These Regulations, which will be effective sixty days after publication, are noteworthy not only because of the regulatory guidance they provide from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) as to the broadened protections enacted under the ADAAA, but also because these new regulations were approved in less than 90 days, the usual regulatory review period.  This reflects the Obama administration’s continued commitment to increased civil rights enforcement.

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