Making the Interactive Process Work: Reasonable Accommodation Guidance
Reasonable accommodation is the new focus in disability law, and agencies will have to spend more time dealing with it day to day. Make sure every agency decision-maker involved in the interactive process is comfortable with carrying out the steps needed to successfully address accommodation issues – and ultimately avoid disability-based liability.
With real-world experience gained from working in the trenches of federal HR, presenter Sarah Tuck will give you all the background information you need:
- A brief overview of the ADAAA, focusing on what managers
need to know - How the increased coverage under the ADAAA could impact
agency budgets and what you can do to minimize the effects - Where the breakdown in legal compliance with the ADAAA
usually happens
Plus, you’ll learn to navigate the process from start to finish with clear guidance to:
- Recognize even the most subtle requests for reasonable
accommodation and signals not to ignore - Identify essential functions of positions and possible
accommodation options - Determine if a person is a qualified individual with a
disability - Distinguish between a qualified individual with a disability
and undue hardship
Speaker and Presenter Information
Sarah Tuck is a supervisory HR specialist with a federal agency, and has been a federal employee since 1985, serving as supervisory employee relations specialist, director of Civil Rights Division and agency representative on numerous Merit Systems Protection Board and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cases. Ms. Tuck frequently presents at conferences and has authored three books — Surviving EEO Complaints, Discovery Practice Before the Merit Systems Protection Board, and Drafting Durable Settlement Agreements. She also co-authored Motions Practice Before the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with Ernest C. Hadley, Esq.
Event Type
Webcast
This event has no exhibitor/sponsor opportunities
When
Wed, Apr 18, 2012, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Where
Audio Conference
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Website
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Organizer
LRP/cyberFEDS®
