Long Island Breakfast Series - Beyond the Basics: The Evolving Landscape of Disability Accommodation in the Modern Workplace

Join Jackson Lewis P.C. and Long Island SHRM for their annual Workplace Law Breakfast Series.

Disability accommodation law is growing more complex every year — and the stakes for getting it wrong have never been higher. With New York's anti-retaliation protection for accommodation requests, the rise of mental health conditions as the fastest-growing category of workplace accommodation, and ongoing debates over remote work as a reasonable accommodation, this session moves past foundational concepts to tackle the harder questions HR professionals face today.

Key Subtopics:

• Trends under New York's anti-retaliation protection for accommodation requests: what it adds and how it changes the risk calculus for employers 

• Mental health accommodations: navigating requests involving anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, and other non-visible conditions — what's reasonable and how to document the interactive process 

• Remote and hybrid work as a reasonable accommodation: post-pandemic expectations, when employers can say no, and how to maintain consistency

• Managing the overlap: coordinating ADA/NYSHRL accommodations with FMLA, Paid Family Leave, paid prenatal leave, and ESSTA obligations without falling through the cracks 

• Fitness-for-duty evaluations, return-to-work protocols, and avoiding disability discrimination claims during performance management

Agenda:

Registration and Breakfast | 8:00—8:30 a.m.

Program | 8:30—10:00 a.m.

Pricing for Individual Sessions:

$50—SHRM LI Member

$75—Non-Member

Pricing for Series Bundle:

$315 —SHRM LI Member

$472.50 — Non-Member