Feldblum, Lipnic Discuss EEOC’s Views On Accommodation Under the Amended ADA

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is working on new guidance regarding reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act as ADA amendments that took effect in 2009 put new emphasis on accommodating otherwise qualified applicants and employees with disabilities, EEOC commissioners Chai Feldblum and Victoria Lipnic said during a Dec. 5 American Bar Association webinar.

In the online session co-sponsored by the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, the Commission on Disability Rights, and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education, Feldblum said the ADA Amendments Act, which took effect Jan. 1, 2009, clarified who is a person ...