Mental Illness and the ADA

Many employers are at a loss on how to respond to an employee with a mental disability. Indeed, they sometimes do not learn of the disability until the employee tells a co-worker who then communicates to management that he is concerned about working with an unstable co-worker and demands that the employer provide assurance that the co-worker is safe. Furthermore, mentally disabled employees may request unique forms of accommodation that the employer is unsure whether they must grant and are unsure what medical information they can require the employee to provide concerning the disability.

This live audio conference helps you determine whether your company may make medical inquiries to determine whether the employee can be terminated for disability-related misconduct, recognize when the employee truly has a disability, understand the types of accommodation that may be required and those that are not, when and what types of medical inquires and examinations may be required, and determine whether the employee is a direct threat.

An employer's failure to recognize its obligations to the mentally disabled employee and what it is required to do to accommodate such employees, if necessary, as well as the circumstances under which it can terminate the employee will prevent disability claims and place the company in a much better position to defend the claim if one is made.

Myra K. Creighton, Fisher & Phillips LLP

Myra K. Creighton 

• Partner in the office of Fisher & Phillips LLP in Atlanta
• Focuses on all aspects of the ADAAA, FMLA and GINA preventative counseling and litigation, as well as advising clients on wellness programs and their compliance with the ADAA and GINA
• Conducts regular webinars, seminars and workshops on the ADAAA and FMLA
• Writer of several publications related to Titles I and III of the ADA, FMLA and GINA
• Achieved the highest peer review rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Graduate, University of Georgia School of Law and Vanderbilt University
• Can be contacted at mcreighton@laborlawyers.com

* 90-minute live audio conference (Travel-Free) delivered over the phone.
 * 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

Registration - Session Only: $209.00
 
Registration - Session Plus CD Recording: $278.00