In a live webinar entitled Workplace Accommodations: The Complete Legal Guide sponsored by the National Business Institute, Ralph R. Smith, 3rd, Esq., Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Group, will present on the topics of “ADA Foundations and Navigating the Interactive Process” and “ADA, FMLA, and Workers’ Comp Trifecta.”
Description:
Your client put an employee on a PIP in January. In February, he requests accommodation for depression. Termination follows in March. The EEOC charge lands in July – retaliation, failure to accommodate, regarded-as. Three claims, six weeks, one question: was the documentation enough?
Workplace accommodation law has never been more complex or more litigated. The ADA, the PWFA, Title VII’s religious and gender identity frameworks, Groff, and other major cases have created an area that surprises even experienced employment counsel. This full-day program is case-law-driven, hypothetical-anchored, and built for employment attorneys. So when your client calls in July, you will be ready – register today!
Learning Objectives:
- Master the interactive process and the documentation decisions that make or break the defense.
- Handle mental health and neurodiversity accommodation requests with a clear framework.
- Navigate the PWFA’s new obligations and understand how they differ from the ADA and PDA.
- Manage the accommodation request that arrives mid-PIP without creating new exposure.
- Untangle the ADA/FMLA/workers’ comp trifecta before your client makes an irreversible decision.
- Draft accommodation denials that hold up and policies that prevent the dispute in the first place.