2010 Americans with Disabilities Act Update CLE

2010 Americans with Disabilities Act Update

October 2010

2010 Americans with Disabilities Act Update

Teleseminars

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Teleseminars are midday continuing legal education conferences broadcast over the telephone. From the convenience of your office or home, you are able to dial into an 800 number, and hear nationally recognized practice leaders speak on important issues in the law. You are also able to ask them your questions. Teleseminars marry the best of technology and education to bring the world of CLE to your office or home.

Program Description

There are substantial new developments under the ADA and the ADA Amendments Act effecting the way employers manage their workforces. This annual program, led by a senior official of the EEOC, will provide you with a comprehensive update of case law and administrative developments under the ADA and the Amendments Act. Among other topics, this program will provide a critical analysis of new case law addressing workplace qualification standards and essential functions, reasonable accommodation and the interactive process, and the very sensitive area of disability-related inquiries and medical examinations. This program will also discuss the relationship of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act to the ADA

EEOC rule-making under the ADA Amendments Act & early case law under the Amendments

-New case law addressing physical qualification standards and essential functions

-Reasonable accommodations, including notice of the need for reasonable accommodation and the interactive process

-Accommodations related to an employee's difficulty with commuting to work and reassignment

-What constitutes a disability-related inquiry or medical examination, and the circumstances under which employers may ask employees disability-related questions or require them to undergo medical examinations

-The relationship of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 to the ADA

Faculty:

Christopher Kuczynski is Assistant Legal Counsel and Director of the Americans With Disabilities Act Policy Division at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, D.C. He supervises the development of policy guidance interpreting Title I of the ADA and advises EEOC's field offices, Office of General Counsel, and chair and commissioners on ADA investigations and litigation. Earlier in his career, he served as Associate Director for the White House Domestic Policy Council and as a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. Mr. Kuczynski received his B.A. from Villanova University, his J.D. from Temple Law School, and his LL.M. from the Yale Law School.