Accommodation or Discipline? Responding to Substance Abuse Issues in the Federal Workplace

Employee drug and alcohol use and abuse — it’s a challenge that anyone in a supervisory or management role may have to face. Do you discipline? Or must you accommodate?

Learn how to tackle all facets of substance abuse directly from Marilyn Mattingly, acclaimed expert in accommodation, medical documentation and discipline — and one of LRP’s most popular presenters. She’ll explain what the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act do and do not require, providing guidance on determining disability before disciplining.

Using case law from the EEOC, MSPB and related courts, she’ll answer these questions:

• Is an employee who is currently using illegal drugs considered an individual with a disability?
• Can your agency implement drug testing to ensure that an employee who previously used illegal drugs is no longer doing so?
• If an employee’s unsatisfactory performance is related to drug use, can you hold him to the same performance standards as other employees?

Plus, Ms. Mattingly will walk you through:

• Steps for determining whether an employee is impaired in the workplace
• Proper and justifiable actions to take when employees are impaired
• Types of medical documentation you may obtain
• What to do when an employee raises dependence as a medical condition
• How to respond to accommodation requests due to alcohol or drug use
• And more!

This event is an audio conference and can be accessed from the comfort of your office or conference room. Audio Conference registrants will receive an e-mail a few days before the event with complete instructions on how to participate. You'll be given a unique Event I.D. and PIN that entitles you to a single phone-line connection to access the audio portion of the event. The instructions also will include steps to retrieve the speaker's hand-outs.