Monday, February 6, 2012

More Americans Filed ADA Complaints in 2009

(USA Today) UPDATED 2010-08-23
More Americans filed charges of discrimination against their employers in 2009 than in any other year since the ADA bill was passed, experts say, and the economy may be the primary cause. Disabilities can make people appear less productive than their co-workers--a factor that may have put many people with disabilities at greater risk of being laid off during the economic recession. Other changes may account for the increase as well, including the loosening on limitations that prevented many with "invisible" disabilities from taking full advantage of the ADA.
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