ADA Accommodation Reset: Leave, Telework, & Mental Health Considerations
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) continues to be one of the most challenging compliance areas for employers, Are you ready for new changes?
Overview
What you'll learn
Course Overview
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) continues to be one of the most challenging compliance areas for employers. HR professionals and Managers must navigate accommodate requests involving extended leave, telework, mental health conditions, and hybrid work arrangements while maintaining operational effectiveness and minimizing legal risk.
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· The basics of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
· Amendment to the ADA: provisions of the ADAAA
· Challenging compliance areas under ADA for employers
· ADA interactive process
· What triggers the ADA?
· What employers are NOT required to do when an employee requests an accommodation
· The interactive process framework
· Leave as an accommodation: ADA v. FMLA leave
· Process for evaluating leave extensions
· Intermittent leave requests: challenges and best practices
· Return-to-Work restrictions
· Telework & hybrid work as an accommodation
· Mental health accommodations: growing area of ADA compliance
· Understanding essential functions of a job, light duty requests, & undue hardship analysis
· Documentation and defensible practices
· Understanding the interaction between Federal ADA and State disability laws
· Common communication failures and compliance exposure
Why Should You Attend: expand_more
Participants will come away with practical guidance on conducting legally compliant interactive processes, evaluating accommodation requests, documenting decisions, and addressing emerging accommodation challenges in today’s workplace.
Who Should Attend: expand_more
· Senior Leadership
· Managers and Supervisors
· HR Professionals
· Team Leaders
· Operations Professionals
· Compensation Professionals
· Recruiting Professionals
· Compliance Professionals
· Employees
Instructor
Diane Dee
SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Diane L. Dee, Founder of Advantage HR Consulting, LLC is a senior Human Resources professional with over 30 years of experience in the HR arena. Diane’s background includes extensive experience in HR consulting, training and administration in corporate, govern...
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