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Changing the Game: The EEOC's Final Regulations Under the ADAAA


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Speaker(s): Stephen C. Sutton dedicates his practice to assisting employers in resolving employment law issues
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When the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) became effective on Jan. 1, 2009, it ushered in a new era of disability discrimination law. With its stated purpose to reinstate a broad scope of protection under the Act by expanding the definition of the term disability, the ADAAA effectively overturned several U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and made other significant clarifications and changes to the law.

On March 25, 2011, the EEOC published its long-awaited final regulations and Interpretive Guidance on the ADAAA. The regulations go into effect on May 24, 2011.

Join speaker Stephen C. Sutton, Partner with Baker Hostetler, LLP, as he discusses the new regulations, including the following:

  • The Congressional intention and confirmation by the EEOC that the ADAAA’s primary purpose is to make it easier for individuals with disabilities to obtain protection under the Act
  • How the ADAAA and EEOC regulations broaden the definition of “disability”
  • The nine “rules of construction” that apply in determining whether an individual’s impairment substantially limits major life activity
  • The expanded list of “major life activities” created by the ADAAA
  • The EEOC’s “predictable assessments” regulation that makes it clear that certain impairments will virtually always be found to impose a substantial limitation on major life activity
  • The expanded importance of the “regarded as” definition of disability
  • New emphasis and importance of regarded as prong in non-accommodation cases
  • Practical implications of the broadened scope of ADAAA for employers and disability-related

Stephen C. Sutton dedicates his practice to assisting employers in resolving employment law issues

 Sutton 
Stephen C. Sutton dedicates his practice to assisting employers in resolving employment law issues. He has wide-ranging civil litigation experience in complex, multi-plaintiff employment discrimination and wrongful discharge lawsuits, representing clients in the technology, transportation, financial services, and insurance brokerage industries.

Mr. Sutton has successfully represented employers before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and labor and employment arbitrators in all facets of employment law in matters ranging from age, race, gender, and disability discrimination to harassment issues. In addition to his successful trial court experience, he has obtained favorable results for employers in state and federal courts of appeal.

Mr. Sutton is a frequent speaker on the area of employment law. He has recently given presentations concerning the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, employee privacy and Internet use, and employee hiring and termination issues. Mr. Sutton is a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan and Ohio State Bar Associations, including their Labor and Employment Sections.