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Something caught my eye yesterday as I was perusing the EEOC newsroom. The federal watchdog recently announced that it had filed a lawsuit against an employer for something called Americans with Disabilities Act interference.
What exactly is ADA interference?
The ADA prohibits an employer from coercing, intimidating, threatening, or interfering with any individual in exercising or enjoying rights that the ADA affords. That’s ADA interference.
In the recent lawsuit, the EEOC accused an employer of “required [an employee] to sign an agreement shortening the statute of limitations applicable to the ADA as a condition of retaining her employment.”
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