Under the ADA, employers are required to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities as long as doing so does not pose an “undue burden” on the employer. As employers reopen the workplace, they should plan to engage in the interactive process for accommodations related to COVID-19.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - EEOC released its latest regulations regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act, the agency made it clear that employers should be less concerned with determining which employee impairments qualify as a disability and, instead, focus their efforts on trying to provide reasonable accommodations so that employees can continue performing their essential job functions. As it stands now, compliance with the ADA depends on providing those reasonable accommodations, and to do that, employers must first engage in the interactive process.
Join this session by expert speaker, where she will discuss employers' obligations under the ADA, the components of the interactive process, employer's defenses, and best practices for handling applicants' and employees' accommodation requests.
Session Highlights:
What is the Interactive Process?
Purpose of the interactive process
An employer’s ADA obligations to accommodate employees
The types of potential accommodations to consider
Four steps to a successful interactive process
Employer and employee obligations during the interactive process.
limitations on an employer’s obligation to accommodate
What to do when the interactive process breaks down
Best employer practices for handling accommodation issues under the ADA
Why You Should Attend:
In this webinar, we will discuss best practices for engaging employees in the ADA's interactive process. As most employers know, employers should be less concerned with determining if an employee's impairment is a disability and, instead focus efforts on determining whether a reasonable accommodation may be made so that the employee can perform their essential job functions. To make that determination, employers must engage in a robust "interactive process".
Who Should Attend:
Business owners
Human resource personnel
Risk managers
*You may ask your Question directly to our expert during the Q&A session.
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Janette S. Levey
Janette S. Levey has over 20 years of legal experience, more than 10 of which she has spent in Employment Law. It was during her tenure as sole in-house counsel for a mid-size staffing company headquartered in Central New Jersey, with operations all over the continental US, that she truly developed her passion for Employment Law.
Janette operates under this core belief: It is possible, and it is in an employer’s best interest, to proactively solve workforce challenges before they become problems before they result in lawsuits or steep fines caused by government audits.
Janette works with employers on most employment law issues, acting as the Employer’s Legal Wellness Professional — to ensure that employers are in the best position possible to avoid litigation, audits, employee relations problems, and the attendant, often exorbitant costs.
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