Part I: Mastering the Essential Fundamentals of the Americans With Disabilities Act

March 20, 2023

This is Part I of a two-part webinar. To purchase the series, click here.

This program will consist of a substantive presentation followed by a question and answer period. To ensure that questions are answered, attendees are encouraged to submit their questions in advance of this webinar.

Many employers have a difficult time understanding their compliance obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). While organizations generally understand that the ADA requires an employer to provide a reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment, they don’t truly grasp the fundamental requirements of the ADA, such as:

  • Does the ADA apply to my organization?
  • Who is a “qualified individual with a disability” under the ADA?
  • What constitutes a “reasonable accommodation” under the ADA?
  • Can I require an employee who is requesting an accommodation under the ADA to provide documentary “proof” of their disability from a physician?
  • Am I obligated to provide a qualified individual with a disability with their preferred accommodation?
  • How can I discipline or terminate a disabled employee who is having performance issues without violating the ADA?
  • Do I have to hire someone with a disability if they apply for a job?
  • Can I ask a job applicant to tell me about their disability and, if so, what questions are permissible under the ADA?

In this 2-part webinar series, we will help you navigate through the fundamental and essential requirements of the ADA. We will identify some of the common pitfalls that arise under the ADA and walk you through the best practices to ensure that your organization satisfies its compliance obligations. And, we will discuss how you can establish an ADA policy that will help your organization manage its ADA request process and reduce its potential liabilities.

Please note: This webinar is offered as a complimentary product to all Employment Law and Human Resources Compliance and Training Package holders. For more information on the training package, click here or Contact Us.

The On-Demand version of this webinar will be available for purchase approximately one week after the conclusion of the live webinar. 

Target Audience

  • Human Resources Managers and Staff
  • “C-Suite” Leadership: CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, COOs, and CCOs
  • Directors and Supervisors
  • Compliance Officers
  • Risk Managers
  • In-House Legal Counsel

Learning Objectives

After this webinar series, attendees will be better able to:

  • Understand your organization’s compliance obligations under the ADA
  • Recognize the pitfalls in your organization’s current ADA policies and how to remedy deficiencies in those policies
  • Assess an employee’s request for an accommodation and determine whether the organization is obligated to provide the employee with an accommodation 
  • Understand how the ADA intersects with other federal employment discrimination laws, such as Title VII.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
Course opens: 
04/21/2021
Course expires: 
06/22/2023
Event starts: 
03/20/2023 - 1:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
03/20/2023 - 2:00pm EDT
Part of: 
Mastering the Essential Fundamentals of the Americans With Disabilities Act
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H. Scott Johnson Jr.

As of September 2023, H. Scott Johnson is no longer with the firm.

H. Scott Johnson Jr. is Senior Counsel with the firm in the Employment Law, Government Contracts, Litigation, Federal Grants, and Health Care practice groups. Scott maintains an active practice advising business and institutional clients on employment matters, commercial agreements, government contracts, and risk management. In addition to his corporate practice, Scott is also well-regarded for his employment and complex civil litigation practice. His complex civil litigation experience includes representing businesses in a wide variety of contract disputes and business torts including tortious interference, breach of fiduciary duty, civil conspiracy, defamation, fraud, and misappropriation of trade secrets. 

Professional Development Credits (PDC)

Participants can earn up to 1.00 PDC.

Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.

Participants can earn up to 1.20 CPE credits in Specialized Knowledge and Applications upon completion of all course requirements.

ATTENDEE REQUIREMENTS FOR CPE CREDIT

If you purchase CPE credit for this webinar you must satisfy the following conditions in order to receive your certificate:

  1. Answer at least 3 of the 5 polling questions during the webinar
  2. Complete the evaluation survey after the conclusion of the webinar or in the follow-up email

Upon completion of these requirements, FTLF will email you your CPE Certificate within two (2) weeks.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • Prerequisites: None 
  • Target Audience: Human Resources Managers and Staff, “C-Suite” Leadership: CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, COOs, and CCOs, Directors and Supervisors, Compliance Officers, Risk Managers, and In-House Legal Counsel
  • Advanced Preparation: None  
  • Program Level: All
  • Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
  • Attendance Requirements: In order to be awarded the full credits, you must respond to three (3) out of five (5) polling questions.

Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website www.nasbaregistry.org (formerly www.learningmarket.org).

Available Credit

  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
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This two-part webinar will take place on Monday, March 20, and Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Your registration entitles you to view both live events. Purchase the full series here.

This program will consist of a substantive presentation followed by a question and answer period. To ensure that questions are answered, attendees are encouraged to submit their questions in advance of this webinar.

Access to the recorded version of this webinar is included in your purchase.

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