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SHRM 2017 Annual Conference & Exposition
You will learn how to limit your organization's potential legal exposure by properly navigating the ADA's interactive process.
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Part 2 of the Employee Accommodation Conundrum will address how to navigate extended leave requests and complex demands and expectations for disability-related accommodations. The ADA's requirement to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled employees can be highly burdensome but is not without its limits.  This session will provide strategic insight on how to balance your need for an efficient and productive workforce against the EEOC's increasingly aggressive demands for accommodations of disabled individuals. You will learn:

  • The latest trends in difficult and complex ADA accommodations.
  • How evolving societal and legal expectations such as work from home policies are making it more difficult and expensive to comply with the ADA.
  • How to effectively navigate the interactive process.
  • How to bid farewell to a disabled employee while safeguarding yourself against a future lawsuit.
 
Date(s) & Time(s): 
Monday, June 19, 2017 - 2:00pm to 3:15pm
Presenter: 
Shayna Helene Balch
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Fisher & Phillips, LLP
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Shayna Balch is a partner in both the Phoenix and Los Angeles offices. She represents employers in employment and labor litigation matters before federal and state courts as well as before administrative agencies. She handles matters across all facets of labor and employment law including employment discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, restrictive covenants, preventive counseling, employee training, personnel policies, and employment agreements. Shayna has represented clients before trial and appellate courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Arizona Civil Rights Division, and United States Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel (OSC).

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Pavneet Singh Uppal
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Fisher & Phillips, LLP
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Pavneet Singh Uppal is a partner in the Firm’s Phoenix office and has litigated in state and federal courts in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Illinois. He regularly represents national, regional, and local clients in a variety of complex civil litigation matters. As lead trial counsel, Pavneet has litigated employment cases, including class actions, in federal and state trial and appellate courts, at arbitration and before administrative agencies. He focuses his practice on labor and employment disputes with an emphasis on unfair competition, trade secrets, wrongful discharge and equal employment opportunity litigation and arbitration.

SESSIONS:
Location: 
278-282
Amount of Credit: 
1.25
Credit Type: 
•SHRM PDCs
Session Type: 
Concurrent Session
Competency: 
Consultation
Critical Evaluation
Intended Audience: 
Mid-Level
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