Exam 8: The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990

How does the direct threat statutory defense apply to AIDS and other threats to individual and workplace safety?

What restrictions apply to these three accommodations?

What is the definition of "being qualified" within the meaning of the ADA?

What are the three qualifications for meeting the first hurdle of class membership, i.e., the statutory definition of being disabled?

Why are federal entities not covered in the ADA?

What major Supreme Court rulings were struck down in the ADAAA and which RE-73 ruling was supported?

Why is it important to identify essential job functions?

What were the major rulings in the Sutton, Murphy, and Kirkingburg cases partially or fully reversed in the ADAAA?

What were the historical precursors to the ADA?

What types of affirmative steps may employers take beyond the legal requirements of the ADA?

What are the eight reasonable accommodations codified in the ADA?

According to ADAAA, what impairments have been designated as a disability as a matter of law?

What are the implications of "being disqualified" for marginal versus essential job functions?

What major rules apply to alcoholism and alcohol abuse?

When might medical exams, and other inquiries into the nature or severity of a disability, take place?

What are the major distinctions between Sections 501 and 504 of RE-73 with respect to federal versus nonfederal employees?

How does the ADAAA resolve issues relating to working as a major life activity?

What are the three general covered practices?

What defenses are available and where do they best apply?

What role do "essential duties and associated KSAs" play in ADA and how may they create liability for the organization?