805: Accommodation How-To: Granting, Denying and Documenting Employee Accommodation Requests
Accommodation requests, especially those based on an employee’s religion, can be tricky and denials may lead to litigation. Learn from seasoned employment attorneys how to spot legitimate accommodation requests and how to deny requests when the burden to comply is simply too much. Get practical advice and real-life examples on the changes in laws affecting accommodation decisions, what red flags HR should notice and how to deal with the fallout from denials.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand when employees have legitimate requests and when they don’t.
- Get practical advice on dealing with poor performers who want accommodation and remote work requests.
- Learn why timing and documentation are so important.
Kelly Dobbs Bunting
Kelly Bunting, Co-Chair of the Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Labor & Employment Practice's Workplace Compliance & Counseling Group, and member of its Artificial Intelligence Law Group, has considerable experience defending class and collective wage and hour litigation and misclassification claims, having defended employers in Title III ADA access litigation and litigation alleging race, sex, pregnancy, age, disability discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. She is deeply experienced in virtually all aspects of employment litigation, including wage and hour, labor, Title VII, harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, non-competition and non-solicitation, trade secrets, SOX and Dodd Frank whistleblower claims, CEPA, ADEA, FMLA, NJLAD, and failure to accommodate issues. She has identified and managed employment issues in M&A deals and appeared before the EEOC, NLRB, and DOL in many states, as well as state agencies in DE, NY, NJ and PA. Kelly has represented many clients in mediation and settlement negotiations, and created HR and compliance training modules. She is regularly sought after as a workforce trainer for issues related to harassment and discrimination, FCPA compliance, good management techniques, and union awareness.
Kelly focuses much of her practice on international L&E issues, including employment/secondment contracts, data privacy, and global anti-corruption compliance. She advises clients on national and international handbook policies, procedures, and strategic HR issues, and provides day-to-day counsel in hiring, employee relations, employee discipline, and termination. She also conducts and advises on internal investigations.
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