Product Description

Counsel for employers and employees grapple daily with how to engage in the interactive process under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and parallel state law. The process has been complicated by the evolving workplace layered on top of new leave statutes and the post-pandemic work environment. Employment lawyers must advise clients about medical leave, remote work, and workplace redesign in the context of determining the rights of employees with disabilities seeking accommodations.

Agenda & Materials

• 9:30 - 9:45 am

  Introductions; Basics of the ADA, Reasonable Accommodations and the Interactive Process

  Alexandra L. Pichette, Esq., Morgan, Brown & Joy LLP , Boston
  
• 9:45 - 10:30 am

  What May Trigger the Interactive Process

  Jason B. Barshak, Esq., Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  
• 10:30 - 11:15 am

  Best Practices for Seeking and Conducting the Interactive Process

  Alexandra L. Pichette, Esq., Morgan, Brown & Joy LLP , Boston
  
• 11:15 - 11:25 am

  Break
• 11:25 - 11:45 am

  What is Considered a "Reasonable" Accommodation?

  Ellen J. Messing, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC , Newton
  
• 11:45 - 12:15 pm

  Accommodations for Emotional Disabilities

  Ellen J. Messing, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC , Newton
  
• 12:15 - 12:30 pm

  "Ask the Experts" Q&A Session and Key Takeaways

  Panel
  

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