I'll Help You Become an ADA Accommodation Expert in About 90 Minutes
Long ago, you took off those training wheels. But, just when you thought you had the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation process figured out, the law evolved and new issues arose—such as mental health issues, including anxiety and stress ... from work; extended-leave requests; issues impacting transgender employees, such as gender dysphoria; and accommodating employee use of medical marijuana and other prescription drugs. This session will feature the latest legal updates and pragmatic advice, as well as compliance tools to replenish your toolbox, so that you can handle any complex ADA accommodation situation. You will recive:
- A full update on how courts and administrative agencies address disability accommodation under the ADA.
- Pragmatic solutions to addressing complex ADA accommodation situations in your workplace.
- A better appreciation for how the ADA interplays with the Family and Medical Leave Act as well as other progressive state laws impacting employee accommodations, such as paid-sick-leave laws and laws governing medical marijuana use.
Eric B. Meyer
You know that scientist in the action movie who has all the right answers if only the government would just pay attention? Eric B. Meyer, Esq. gets companies HR-compliant before the action sequence. Serving clients nationwide, Eric is a Partner in the Employment Group at FisherBroyles, LLP. FisherBroyles is the first and world’s largest cloud-based law firm partnership, which has grown to over 220 attorneys in 21 offices nationwide. Eric is also a volunteer EEOC mediator, a paid private mediator, and publisher of The Employer Handbook (www.TheEmployerHandbook.com), which is pretty much the best employment law blog ever. That, and he's been quoted in the British tabloids. #Bucketlist.