Albertson's, Inc. v. Kirkingburg

*558Justice Souter

delivered the opinion of the Court.*

The question posed is whether, under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA or Act), 104 Stat. 327, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 12101 et seq. (1994 ed. and Supp. Ill), an employer who requires as a job qualification that an employee meet an otherwise applicable federal safety regulation must justify enforcing the regulation solely because its standard may be waived in an individual ease. We answer no.

I

In August 1990, petitioner, Albertson’s, Inc., a grocery-store chain with supermarkets in several States, hired respondent, Hallie…