Originally presented on April 9, 2009
10:30 a.m. to Noon (Pacific)

Order Option       Price   CD Recording Only       $219

The ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) went into effect on Jan. 1. Hopefully you took that opportunity to get up to speed on your new obligations and responsibilities. You may think the dust has now settled, but significant concerns for California employers remain.

For starters, there is still a great deal of uncertainty about what constitutes a "reasonable accommodation" Also, you may be required to engage in the interactive process following a request for accommodation. Even if your refusal to grant an accommodation doesn't land you in court, failing to comply with the interactive process to the full extent required could land you in a heap of legal trouble.

Add to the mix recently released guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on how to apply performance and conduct standards to disabled employees, and there's still plenty to learn for even the most experienced HR professional.

Listen to an in-depth 90-minute audio conference all about these new obligations, specifically for California employers. You'll learn:

• How the courts have treated employers on reasonable accommodation cases—and how to increase your odds of a favorable result
• How to engage in a good-faith interactive process that satisfies your legal obligations and keeps employees satisfied
• How to manage the uncertainty and frustration of a medical leave that keeps being extended by a string of continuous doctor's notes.
• When a transfer to a vacant position would—and would not—probably qualify as a reasonable accommodation
• Whether you ever need to relax your performance and conduct rules as an accommodation
• The type of discipline you can legally administer when a performance or conduct-based accommodation isn't working out
• Once and for all—the type of documentation that may save you when an ADA litigation storm brews

About Your Speakers:

Christina M. Kotowski, Esq. is Of Counsel at the San Francisco office of Fisher & Phillips, LLP. Her practice includes advising employers and HR professionals on disability and family medical leave issues under California and federal law, as well as defending related litigation.

Javier Rivera-Carbone, Esq. is Of Counsel at the Irvine office of Fisher & Phillips, LLP. For over a decade, he has concentrated his practice on representing management in labor and employment law matters. He has handled employment discrimination cases on the basis of sex, religion, race, color, age, political ideas, social condition, national origin, sexual orientation, marriage and disability, as well as complaints of sexual harassment. In addition to handling litigation matters, Rivera-Carbone also provides preventive counseling and training to employers in both English and Spanish.

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). This program is also a California-specific continuing education activity for PHR-CA and SPHR-CA recertification. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HRCI's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

The Employer Resource Institute is an approved MCLE Multiple Activity Provider, and this program has been approved for 1.5 hours of MCLE credit by the State Bar of California. For more information, please contact our customer service department at (800) 695-7178.

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