Understanding the ADA and the interactive process for providing reasonable accommodations is difficult, even for the most experienced HR representative. This webinar will provide an in-depth understanding of the ADA and help you better understand the “interactive process”. What do you need to do to demonstrate you have engaged in the “interactive process”, what forms do you require for the interactive process, what types of reasonable accommodations do you have to provide and much more. Does the employee have to use any specific words when requesting a reasonable accommodation? Can a reasonable accommodation be a leave of absence? Are employees who request a reasonable accommodation protected from any retaliation. The answers to these and other questions will be provided by employment law expert, Melissa Fleischer, Esq.
What You will Learn:
Definition of a disability under the ADA
What is the “interactive process:
Do pregnant employees require accommodations?
What is a “reasonable accommodation”?
Does an employee have to use any specific words to request an accommodation?
