ADA / ADAAA Americans with Disability Act: Navigating Your Way through the Complexities to Compliance

Why Should You Attend:

The duty to provide reasonable accommodation is a fundamental statutory requirement under the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended by the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act. The law requires reasonable accommodations so that employees with disabilities can enjoy the “benefits and privileges of employment” equal to those enjoyed by similarly situated employees without disabilities. The ADAAA broadened the concept of disability under the ADA by statutorily rejecting Supreme Court decisions that took a narrower view.

This course will explore the fundamental aspects of the ADA/ADAAA as it relates to employment and key compliance factors to adhere to the requirements of the law.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Fundamental aspects of the ADA/ADAAA as it relates to employment
• Definitions
• Non-compliance
• Accommodation requirements
• Disability accommodation process
• Documentation
• The interactive process
• Undue hardship
• Direct threat

Who Will Benefit:

• Supervisors
HR managers
• HR executives
Compliance Officers
• Individuals responsible for compliance with disability antidiscrimination regulations in the workplace

Instructor Profile:

Jim Watson is an accomplished customer-focused business partner with more than 20 years of comprehensive human resources generalist experience in union and non-union environments, providing leadership and advice to business leaders and managers on the people-related matters impacting their operations. He has worked in non-profit, healthcare and for-profit environments. His expertise includes: labor law understanding and compliance including FMLA, EEO, ADAAA, USERRA, FLSA, NLRA, E-Verify; employee performance evaluation administration; policy and procedure development and administration; management and employee training; and, harassment/concerns investigations.

Mr. Watson is an adjunct faculty member at Macomb Community College and a lecturer with The University of Michigan-Dearborn where he has taught a human resource management course. He provides human resources consultation services to clients seeking to improve the people-related aspects of their business.

Mr. Watson holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology degree and a Master of Arts in Industrial Relations degree, both from Wayne State University. He is a current member of the Detroit Society for Human Resource Management (DSHRM) and the national Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM). He earned his Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) certification in 2004.

Topic Background:

Title I of the ADA requires an employer to provide "reasonable accommodation" to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment—unless such accommodation would cause the employer an "undue hardship."

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