ADA Accommodation and Compliance: What should be the Process between an Employer and an Employee and How it should look like?
60 Minutes
This webinar explores the issue of what should the process be between employer and employee when trying to accommodate individuals with disabilities while complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
All companies, employees, and applicants for employment that want to learn about who is covered under The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended (ADAAA) should attend this webinar to obtain a clear understanding of their rights, obligations, and responsibilities under the law. Employers must understand their legal obligations to their employees who request a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Additionally, employers will learn how to avoid litigation and other complaints arising from the denial of accommodation requests such as telecommuting arrangements, predictable work shifts, reassignment or transfer, and leaves of absence.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- What is an employer's obligation to provide a "reasonable accommodation"
- Why should the employee initiate the request for accommodation?
- When requesting a reasonable accommodation what should the process between employer and employee look like?
- What is meant by "effective and reasonable accommodation"?
- What are some of the possible penalties for noncompliance?
- Most recent case law and EEOC regulatory developments regarding telecommuting, reassignment, predictable shifts, and leaves of absence as reasonable accommodations.
- What specific Employers are covered under this Act and their responsibilities
- What Employees are covered by this Act and their responsibilities
- What Leave is Provided to Covered Employees
- Returning to Work, rights, and responsibilities of the Employee and Employer
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
- All companies with fifteen or more employees
- Public agencies, including state, local and federal employers, local education agencies (schools)
- Private-sector employers who employed 50 or more employees
- Joint employers and successors of covered employers.
- Federal contractors with 50 or more employees,
- HR professionals
- Financial Officers
- In-House Counsel
- Affirmative Action/EEO Officers
All companies, employees, and applicants for employment that want to learn about who is covered under The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended (ADAAA) should attend this webinar to obtain a clear understanding of their rights, obligations, and responsibilities under the law. Employers must understand their legal obligations to their employees who request a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Additionally, employers will learn how to avoid litigation and other complaints arising from the denial of accommodation requests such as telecommuting arrangements, predictable work shifts, reassignment or transfer, and leaves of absence.
- What is an employer's obligation to provide a "reasonable accommodation"
- Why should the employee initiate the request for accommodation?
- When requesting a reasonable accommodation what should the process between employer and employee look like?
- What is meant by "effective and reasonable accommodation"?
- What are some of the possible penalties for noncompliance?
- Most recent case law and EEOC regulatory developments regarding telecommuting, reassignment, predictable shifts, and leaves of absence as reasonable accommodations.
- What specific Employers are covered under this Act and their responsibilities
- What Employees are covered by this Act and their responsibilities
- What Leave is Provided to Covered Employees
- Returning to Work, rights, and responsibilities of the Employee and Employer
- All companies with fifteen or more employees
- Public agencies, including state, local and federal employers, local education agencies (schools)
- Private-sector employers who employed 50 or more employees
- Joint employers and successors of covered employers.
- Federal contractors with 50 or more employees,
- HR professionals
- Financial Officers
- In-House Counsel
- Affirmative Action/EEO Officers
Speaker Profile
Harold Levy
U. Harold Levy is a national and international speaker, trainer, consultant and recognized expert on civil right issues, human resources, leadership and management. Mr. Levy has over 25 years of experience in the profession, most recently as the Eastern Regional Business Enterprise Analyst for the Department of General Services, Bureau of Minority and Women Business Opportunities. Some of Harold's clients have included major pharmaceutical corporations, Police Departments, colleges and universities, and state and county government agencies.U. Harold Levy has published several articles on topics relating to Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action, Equity Issues, Student Recruitment and Retention, …
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