Webinar: Disability Redefined: An Overview of the Recently Enacted ADA Amendments Act - Tuesday, October 7, 2008
When:
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. (EST)
Webinar Presenters:
Ice Miller Attorney, Wayne O "Skip" Adams III
Who Should Participate:
Human Resources & Benefits Personnel & Owners and Executives of Companies Employing 15 or More Employees.
This seminar will cover the substantive areas that are addressed by the new amendments and the effects the proposed changes will have on your employment practices.
Topics include, among others:
- Clarification of Impairments Which May Be Disabilities
- Broadened Scope of Individuals Considered Disabled
- New List of "Major Life Activities"
- Effect of Mitigating Measures in Determining Disability
- Reverse Discrimination Claims
- Clarification of "Regarded As" Prong of Definition of Disability
- Reasonable Accommodation and "Regarded As" Disabled Individuals
President Bush has signed the ADA Amendments Act into law and they take effect on January 1, 2009. This program will alert employers to their new obligations regarding impaired employees and applicants
There is no cost to participate in this webinar.
Registration is Closed
Webinar Information:
This webinar can be accessed directly from your desktop. All registrants will receive login and audio instructions Thursday, October 2, and you can have as many people at each login site as you wish.
For more information, please contact LeeAnne Singletary at LeeAnne.Singletary@icemiller.com.
