Counsel for employers and employees grapple daily with how to engage in the interactive process under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and parallel state law. The process has been complicated by the evolving workplace layered on top of new leave statutes and the post pandemic work environment. Employment lawyers must advise clients about medical leave, remote work, and workplace redesign in the context of determining the rights of employees with disabilities seeking accommodations.Understand the rights of employees with disabilities seeking accommodations in the evolving landscape of paid family and medical leave, remote work, and workplace redesign
Course Content
9:30 - 9:45 amIntroductions; Basics of the ADA, Reasonable Accommodations, and the Interactive Process
Janette A. Ekanem, Esq.,
Atrius Health, Newton
9:45 - 10:30 am
What May Trigger the Interactive Process?
Simone R. Liebman, Esq.,
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
10:30 - 11:15 am
Best Practices for Seeking and Conducting the Interactive Process
Janette A. Ekanem, Esq.,
Atrius Health, Newton
11:15 - 11:25 am
Break
11:25 - 11:45 am
What is Considered a 'Reasonable' Accommodation?
Ellen J. Messing, Esq.,
Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC, Newton
11:45 - 12:15 pm
Accommodations for Emotional Disabilities
Ellen J. Messing, Esq.,
Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC, Newton
12:15 - 12:30 pm
'Ask the Experts' Q&A Session and Key Takeaways
Panel
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Speaker(s)
CochairsJanette A. Ekanem, Esq.,
Atrius Health, Newton
Ellen J. Messing, Esq.,
Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC, Newton
Faculty
Simone R. Liebman, Esq.,
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
