Park Avenue Presentations: ADA and ADAAA: An Employer's Compliance Guide

ADA and ADAAA: An Employer's Compliance Guide

Duration: 90 minutes

Webinar Description

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the significant amendments to the ADA in the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) raise serious compliance challenges for employers. Failure to comply with the amended statute exposes employers to serious financial penalties. The ADAAA made important changes to the definition of the term "disability" by rejecting the holdings in several Supreme Court decisions and portions of the EEOC's ADA regulations. The effect of these changes is to make it easier for an individual seeking protection under the ADA to establish that he or she has a disability within the meaning of the ADA. But the amendments to the original law have not made compliance easier for employers. Employment law attorney Deirdre Kamber Todd will review the essential provisions of the ADA and the ADAAA, how the amended law has been interpreted by the EEOC and how best to comply with the law in this critical area.

Agenda

Overview of the ADA
- Who is considered to be disabled
- Reasonable accommodation
- Undue hardship
ADAAA amendments to the ADA
- Purpose of the law
- Major life activities and mitigations
- Reasonable accommodation
Reasonable accommodation
- Definition
- Employer and employee responsibilities
EEOC’s Interpretive Guidance on Interactive Process
- What is the interactive process
- Requirements of the interactive process
Other hot topics under the ADA and the ADAAA
- Leave as reasonable accommodation
- Stopping an accommodation
- Medical marijuana
- Poor performance v. disability
Best practices for compliance

Logistics

90-minute webinar (Travel-Free) delivered over the Internet.
Unlimited listeners per connection - bring the entire department.
Q&A session with the expert.

This event will be presented live with a PowerPoint presentation to be viewed on your computer. You may listen to the audio of the webinar by telephone or through your computer. The PowerPoint slides will be provided shortly before the event. Once you register, you will receive an email which is your receipt and which includes your instructions for dialing in and logging on. You will also receive an email reminder 24 hours before the webinar.

What is a webinar?

A webinar is a live Internet based seminar. Webinars are a way for participants in many different locations to see and hear a presentation and view PowerPoint slides. You can also have your colleagues attend the webinar using one connection.

What kind of equipment do I need?

You will need a computer with an Internet connection (high speed service such as DSL or cable works best) and a telephone.You may listen to the webinar through your computer speakers, in which case you will not need to use a telephone connection. Internet access is not required for phone-only participants, but you will not be able to see the speaker’s slides.

How can I share the webinar with my colleagues who may not be able to attend the event?

CDs of each program will be available for sale and can be shared with your business associates.

Can I get a copy of the PowerPoint slides used in the webinar?

The PowerPoint slides will be available on the materials page link in the confirmation email that will be sent to you no later than the morning of the day a webinar is presented.

How do I ask a question during the webinar? Will my question be answered during the presentation?

A question and answer session will be scheduled at the end of each webinar. You can then ask a question by typing it into the question box that will be provided to you duringthe webinar. You may also ask a question through the telephone connection. As many questions as possible will be answered during the Question and Answer period.