August Legal Perk - Virtual Meeting Complex ADA Issues Facing Employers Post-COVID. Every business that shifted to a remote workforce during the pandemic has faced, or will soon be facing, whether and how to bring employees back to the workplace. Employers should be mindful that this can intersect with difficult questions involving the Americans with Disabilities Act. This presentation will focus on the foundations of ADA compliance as well as discuss nuanced issues such as teleworking as a reasonable accommodation, vaccine mandates, accommodation of the rising number of cases involving mental impairments, and how businesses can rethink their physical workspaces while maintaining compliance with the ADA. Kathlyn Perez of Perez Law LLC is an attorney and consultant whose hybrid practice focuses on all aspects of the employment relationship. For nearly 15 years, she has represented all types and sizes of businesses ensuring compliance with federal, state and local laws, counseling on employee relations and HR issues, conducting internal investigations, negotiating employment contracts, navigating high risk departures, non-competes, severances, and settlement agreements. Kathlyn is also a certified mediator who focuses her mediation practice on pre and post termination employment dispute resolution and commercial mediations.
August Legal Perk - Virtual Meeting
Complex ADA Issues Facing Employers Post-COVID.
Every business that shifted to a remote workforce during the pandemic has faced, or will soon be facing, whether and how to bring employees back to the workplace. Employers should be mindful that this can intersect with difficult questions involving the Americans with Disabilities Act. This presentation will focus on the foundations of ADA compliance as well as discuss nuanced issues such as teleworking as a reasonable accommodation, vaccine mandates, accommodation of the rising number of cases involving mental impairments, and how businesses can rethink their physical workspaces while maintaining compliance with the ADA.
Kathlyn Perez of Perez Law LLC is an attorney and consultant whose hybrid practice focuses on all aspects of the employment relationship. For nearly 15 years, she has represented all types and sizes of businesses ensuring compliance with federal, state and local laws, counseling on employee relations and HR issues, conducting internal investigations, negotiating employment contracts, navigating high risk departures, non-competes, severances, and settlement agreements. Kathlyn is also a certified mediator who focuses her mediation practice on pre and post termination employment dispute resolution and commercial mediations.
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