Today - AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) ANNIVERSARY
Today, in 1990, former President George Bush signed into effect the Americans with Disabilities Act, known as the ADA. Among other things, the ADA makes workplace discrimination illegal when it comes to a person with a disability or someone requesting a reasonable accommodation at work due to disability. Additionally, the ADA makes it illegal to discriminate based on disability when it comes to State and Local Government and Public Accomdiations such as hotels, etc. In 2008, the ADA was amended, this time by President George W. Bush, Junior, in response to the Supreme Court's narrow definition of what qualified as a disability. This amendment expanded what qualified as disability and made clear that disability should be defined broadly to the maximum extent under the law. There were several changes, but most significant to employment law, the way that an employee can qualify for disability protections or accommodations was expanded by redefining what a major life activity is,...