Presented by Ernest Hadley and Eleanor Laws
With the new ADA now in effect, more individuals who suffer an on-the-job emotional injury will meet the definition of a qualified individual with a disability — and require reasonable accommodation.
Get the legal and practical guidance you need to properly evaluate all facets of federal employees’ emotional disability claims — straight from two federal employment law experts. You find out how workers' comp and disability laws intersect, including a review of how the amended ADA now defines an individual with an emotional disability and how that relates to OWCP determinations on eligibility for workers’ compensation.
And to give you the complete picture, the presenters explain medical documentation requirements of both OWCP and the ADA, with special attention to the degree of inquiry into emotional conditions that is now permitted under the ADA.
In just 90 minutes, you learn what you need to know to meet your obligations under both the ADA and FECA, including:
- An overview of how the two laws treat emotional disabilities
- What constitutes a request for reasonable accommodation
- Steps to provide reasonable accommodation
- What constitutes reasonable medical documentation
- The distinction between modified job offers under FECA and reasonable accommodation under the ADA
- The new ADA definition of a “perceived disability” and how it affects agency actions
- Whether an invalid claim under FECA precludes a valid claim under the ADA
- And more!
