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Americans With Disabilities Act - The Reasonable Accommodation Process

Sponsored by Lorman Education Services
Friday, February 24, 2012

Time: 1:00 pm ET (12:00 pm CT, 11:00 am MT, 10:00 am PT)

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes


Registration - Session Only: $209.00

Registration - Live Audio Conference plus CD Recording: $278.00


BENEFITS

This live audio conference will review practical issues you have to handle when it comes to the Americans With Disabilities Act.

This audio conference will review what employment policies should be contained in your employee handbook, when you can make a medical inquiry, what is a disability-related inquiry, how you should handle a reasonable accommodation request under the Americans With Disabilities Act and what are some practical and free sources for you to utilize for reasonable accommodation requests.

AGENDA

General ADA Issues

  • Covered Employers
  • Employee Handbook
    • Reasonable Accommodation Policy
    • EEO Policy
    • Harassment Policy

Inquiries and Accommodations Under the ADA

  • Timing of Inquiry
  • Disability-Related Inquiries
  • The Job Accommodation Network
  • State Law Issues
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This live audio conference is designed for human resource managers, benefits professionals, payroll managers, risk managers, business owners and managers, and attorneys.
FACULTY

Michael J. Sciotti, Esq., Hancock Estabrook, LLP

  • Partner with the law firm of Hancock Estabrook, LLP, located in Syracuse
  • Chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Law Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Groups
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2011, and New York’s Super Lawyers 2007 to 2010
  • Practice involves the representation of employers in all facets of labor and employment law
  • Actively litigates employment agreement disputes, trade secret disputes along with fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty of loyalty and other related claims
  • Lecturer on a wide variety of labor and employment topics, and is a mediator, arbitrator and early neutral evaluator for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
  • Wrote numerous articles on labor and employment topics including consumer report information, USERRA, federal discrimination laws, sexual harassment, whistle-blower protections, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and gender discrimination
  • Co-writer of the manual Employment Law from A to Z, published by Lorman Education Services (copyright 2011) and the 2001 to 2002 Employment Law Survey for the Syracuse Law Review
  • J.D. and LL.M. degrees, Syracuse University College of Law; B.S. degree, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Can be contacted at 315-565-4550 and msciotti@hancocklaw.com
LIVE AUDIO CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

* 90-minute live audio conference (Travel-Free) delivered over the phone and internet.
 * Unlimited listeners per connection - bring the entire department.
 * 10-minute Q&A session with the experts.
 * A professionally prepared reference manual.
 * Continuing education credits available for most live audio conferences

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS

(sponsored by Lorman Education Services)

  • AIPB
  • CLE (Please check the "Detailed Credit Information" page for states that have already been approved)
  • CPE
  • HR Certification Institute
  • HRPD

Click here for the "Detailed Credit Information" page.

Only registered attendee will receive continuing education credit.

REGISTER
Registration - Session Only: $209.00

Registration - Live Audio Conference plus CD Recording: $278.00

(Not available outside the US or Canada)

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