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Settling The Matter: Does Title I Of The Ada Work?, Sharona Hoffman
Settling The Matter: Does Title I Of The Ada Work?, Sharona Hoffman
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Analysis of cases decided under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which addresses employment discrimination, reveals that defendants have consistently prevailed in well over 90% of cases since the ADA's inception. This empirical evidence has led many commentators to conclude that the ADA's Title I has failed to improve workplace conditions for individuals with disabilities.
This article attempts to assess the efficacy of Title I through a different lens. It focuses on several data sets that have previously received little attention. It examines Equal Employment Opportunity Commission merit resolutions, lawsuit settlement statistics, and reports concerning reasonable accommodation …
Corrective Justice And Title I Of The Ada, Sharona Hoffman
Corrective Justice And Title I Of The Ada, Sharona Hoffman
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Several recent studies have shown that employment discrimination plaintiffs filing lawsuits in federal court under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) win only approximately five percent of their cases. This Article argues that this phenomenon is attributable at least in part to the ADA's very flawed definition of the term "disability." It suggests that the current definition be abandoned and that a new approach be adopted, one that would reshape the ADA's protected class so that it more closely resembles a discrete and insular minority, such as those traditionally protected by the civil rights laws. While Title …
Empirical Implications Of Title I, Michael Ashley Stein
Empirical Implications Of Title I, Michael Ashley Stein
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