Beyond the Obvious: Accommodating Federal Employees With Hidden Disabilities
Gain a unique prospective on accommodating hidden disabilities from 2 uniquely qualified experts!
Benefit from a dream team of disability expertise … Dr. Beth Loy, Principal Consultant with the Job Accommodation Network, and Jo Linda Johnson, Director of the TSA’s Civil Rights Division and a former EEOC attorney.
In 90 minutes they’ll give you the practical guidance and accommodation strategies you need to make sound decisions involving employees with hidden disabilities, including how to:
- Recognize a request for reasonable accommodation that is made without using standard language
- Properly request medical documentation to support a request for the accommodation of a hidden disability
- Determine if an employee with a hidden disability is qualified
- Avoid making employment decisions based on stereotypes
- Identify which types of reasonable accommodations are possible for hidden disabilities
- And more!
Speaker and Presenter Information
Jo Linda Johnson is the Director of the Civil Rights Division of the Transportation Security Administration. Previously Ms. Johnson served as an attorney with the EEOC and is considered an expert on civil rights laws, the federal sector EEO process, affirmative employment, affirmative action and diversity. She earned her Juris Doctor from the George Washington University School of Law.
Beth Loy is a Principal Consultant with the Job Accommodation Network (JAN). Ms. Loy serves on JAN's management team and is a national researcher and speaker in the disability field. She earned a Ph.D. in resource economics from West Virginia University.
Event Type
Webcast
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When
Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
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Website
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Organizer
LRP/cyberFEDS®
