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he ADA bars discrimination against employees with disabilities. But what if the discrimination doesn’t happen until after the employee retires? According to the Supreme Court, the ADA doesn’t follow you into reti
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ment. TL;DR: A firefighter who retired early due to disability sued under the ADA after her post-retirement health coverage expired. But the Supreme Court said she couldn’t bring a claim under Title I of the ADA because she was no longer a “qualified individual”—meaning she didn’t hold or seek a job at the time of the alleged discrimination. Bott
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