Historical firm record and current federal context
Original firm-post publication date: November 29, 2016.
This route preserves a historical firm post about ADA retaliation and interference. The original hypothetical and broad conclusions are not retained as current reader guidance.
Two separate statutory provisions
Section 503(a) of the ADA addresses discrimination because an individual opposed an act or practice made unlawful by the ADA or participated in an ADA investigation, proceeding, or hearing. Section 503(b) separately addresses coercion, intimidation, threats, or interference with the exercise or enjoyment of ADA rights, including because an individual aided or encouraged another person. The text of each provision governs its own scope.
Current-law boundary
Retaliation, interference, discrimination, accommodation, and medical-information questions can involve distinct statutory and regulatory provisions. A general source record cannot determine whether a workplace communication, request, action, or policy meets any of those standards.
Selected current federal sources
- 42 U.S.C. § 12203 — ADA retaliation and interference
- 29 C.F.R. § 1630.12 — coercion, intimidation, threats, harassment, and interference
- 42 U.S.C. § 12112 — ADA employment discrimination
- EEOC — retaliation and related issues guidance
Scope of this historical record
This page does not provide accommodation, leave, medical, records, filing, deadline, claim-element, confidentiality, public-form, remedy, representation, or outcome guidance.
Editorial status: Historical source preserved; current-law context requires further editorial and legal review before any indexing decision.