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Many employers struggle to understand the new EEOC definition of disability under the ADA, the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The ADAAA or ADA Amendments Act of 2008, significantly increases the number of employees who are considered disabled under the ADA. In fact, some estimates are that the ADAAA has tripled the number of “disabled” employees, simply by changing the definition of disabled.

In fact, according to SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management, the majority of employees over the age of 50 may now be covered under ADA. That is because all that is required under the new regulations is that the individual have some deterioration in their body, and most individuals over 50 have such deterioration.

The new definition of disabled includes individuals (more…)