[blindlaw] FW: EXCEL! - FYI

Wed Oct 14 21:27:10 UTC 2009

Regarding the EEOC proposed regulations - I went to the web inks and read 
through the notice of proposed rulemaking and read through the questions and 
answers section.
Has anyone  actually been able to get to the proposed regulations themselves 
through that web site for the EEOC?

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> >From Olivia Claverie
>
>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>> Date: September 24, 2009
>
>> FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
>> DBTAC National Network of ADA Centers 1-800-949-4232
>
>> PUBLIC COMMENT INVITED ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO ADA REGULATIONS
>
>> The public has been given 60 days to comment on proposed revisions to
>> regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (
>> ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. The regulatory
>> changes, contained in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking just announced
>> by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), focuses on
> providing individuals seeking protection against employment discrimination
> under Title I of the ADA with a more expansive definition of "disability. 
> "
> Written comments must be submitted on or before November 23, 2009.
>
>> The ADA is an antidiscrimination statute passed by Congress and signed
>> into law by the President in July 1990. The EEOC is responsible for
>> enforcing Title I of the ADA , which prohibits employment discrimination
> against individuals with disabilities. The ADA requires employers to make
> reasonable accommodations to employees and job applicants with 
> disabilities.
>
>> "We encourage the public to submit comments directly to the EEOC."
>> "People with disabilities will be the winners when the new regulations 
>> are
> fully implemented and extensive public comment will ensure they are the 
> best
> that they can be."
>
>> The ADA Amendments Act, which went into effect Jan. 1,  2009, and the
>> regulatory revisions embedded in the proposed rule now available for
>> public comment, makes it easier for an individual alleging employment
>> discrimination based on disability to establish that he or she meets
>> the ADA's definitions of "disability. " The ADA Amendments Act also
>> modifies the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits employment
> discrimination in the federal workforce on the basis of disability.
>
>> The regulatory changes in the proposed rule emphasize that the
>> definition of disability-an impairment that poses a substantial
>> limitation in a major life activity-must be construed in favor of broad
> coverage of individuals to the maximum extent permitted by the terms of 
> the
> ADA, and should not require extensive analysis.
>
>> The regulatory changes expand major life activities to include "major
>> bodily functions, and clarify that mitigating measures, such as
> medications and devices that people use to reduce or eliminate the effects
> of impairment, are not to be considered when determining whether a person
> has a disability. They also clarify that impairments that are episodic or 
> in
> remission, such as epilepsy, cancer, and many kinds of psychiatric
> impairments, are disabilities if they would "substantially limit" major 
> life
> activities when active.
>
>> Finally, the regulation revisions provide a more straightforward way
>> of demonstrating a substantial limitation in the major life activity
>> of working, and implements the ADA Amendment Act's new standard for
>> determining whether someone is regarded as having a disability.
>
>> The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking containing the regulatory changes is
>> posted on the EEOC website,
>> http://www.eeoc.gov/ada/amendments_notice.html
>> <http://www.eeoc.gov/ada/amendments_notice.html>
>> along with a question-and-answer guide about the proposal and 
>> instructions
> for submitting public comments to the Commission.
>
> You Can Submit Comments by Mail, Fax and Electronically, Here's How:
>> Written comments should be submitted to Stephen Llewellyn, Executive
>> Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity
>> Commission, 131 M Street, NE., Suite 4NW08R, Room 6NE03F, Washington, DC
> 20507.
>
>> Comments submitted by fax. As a convenience to commenters, the
>> Executive Secretariat will accept comments transmitted by facsimile
>> (``FAX'') machine.  The telephone number of the FAX receiver is (202)
>> 663-4114. (This is not a toll-free number.) Only comments of six or
>> fewer pages will be accepted via FAX transmittal to ensure access to
>> the equipment. Receipt of FAX  transmittals will not be acknowledged,
>> except that the sender may request confirmation of receipt by calling
>> the Executive Secretariat staff at (202)663-4070 (voice) or (202)
>> 663-4074 (TTY). (These are not toll-free telephone numbers.)
>
>> Comments submitted electronically You may also submit comments and
>> attachments electronically at http://www.regulations.gov
>> <http://www.regulations.gov>, which is the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
>> Follow the instructions online for submitting comments. Copies of
>> comments submitted by the public will be available for review at the
>> Commission's library, 131 M Street, NE., Suite 4NW08R , Washington, DC
>> 20507 , between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. or can be reviewed
>> at
> http://www.regulations.gov
> <http://www.regulations.gov>
>
>
>
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