Disability Discrimination And The Interactive Process

The Act is increasingly complex, and it has made it difficult for employers to manage this area. For example, managers are constantly struggling with trying to manage good performance with employees who are challenged with physical and mental limitations.

Making it more difficult are federal mandates that require employers to make efforts to accommodate employees' disabilities - but how far must an employer go without compromising quality of performance?

In this informative audio conference, you will learn how to manage these competing interests and learn a step-by-step approach to responding to employees' requests for work place accommodations without compromising work standards.

Learning Objectives:

• The definition of a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act
• When is a condition not a disability
• What to do when the employee does not mention she or he has a disability even though you see clear performance problems related to physical and/or mental limitations
• How to approach an employee with a suspected disability without being accused of harassment or risk being sued for disability discrimination
• What to do when you want to discipline and employee who mentions that the work problems are related to a disability
• How to conduct an interactive meeting with the employee without giving in to the employee's demands
• How to comply with the law's requirements in accommodating an employee
• When can you stop an accommodation

About Your Speaker:

Kristine Kwong is a partner with the Musick, Peeler &Garrett law firm. Her practice focuses on labor and employment law. Ms. Kwong is a prolific and sought-after trainer. She regularly produces and presents training programs for employers on the issues of employment law, particularly in the area of government-mandated programs.

Ms. Kwong advises and counsels clients on a wide range of business and employment issues, including wage and hour matters, non-compete and restrictive covenant agreements, executive compensation packages, the full range of disciplinary matters, discrimination, harassment and leaves of absences, including the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL), the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA).

Ms. Kwong's practice also includes the drafting and updating of handbooks, policy manuals, codes of conduct, restrictive covenants, trade secret agreements and severance packages.

HRCI Credits

This program has been approved for 1.5 re-certification credit hours for HRCI's PHR and SPHR designations through the HR Certification Institute. For more information about certification or re-certification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at hrci.org. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HRCIs criteria to be pre-approved for re-certification credit.

SHRM Professional Development Credits

This program is valid for 1.5 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP designations. For more information about certification or re-certification, please visit shrmcertification.org.

Cannot Attend The Live Presentation?

This presentation is also available in a recorded format, in On-Demand version, as shown in the pricing options below.

The live versions are interactive, meaning that participants can ask questions in real time, plus are a very cost-effective form of training because 1) you receive fast, convenient learning without any out-of-office time; 2) you can invite as many colleagues as you'd like to listen in on a single phone line; 3) you incur no travel expenses; and 4) you and your colleagues are back at work immediately after the session ends!

And though with recorded versions you do lose the ability to ask questions, you gain the ability to hear the presentation numerous times and to share it with others in your office.

Handout materials and the phone number for live presentations are made available to you prior to the event via email from the presenter and from the "MyAccount" link on the menu bar. Copies of the presentations are included with recorded versions.