In this 40-minute course, you will learn about requesting, identifying, and providing disability, pregnancy, and religious accommodations. This course covers the ADA, the PWFA and similar state and local laws that require employers to provide reasonable disability, pregnancy, and religious accommodations to employees and applicants. After completing this course, you will understand the various types of accommodations laws and accommodation requests, and you will know how to recognize and respond to requests for accommodations.
Overview
COURSE DIFFICULTY
Skills Learned
After completing this online training course, students will be able to:
Understand steps as a manager should take
Understand what is a "qualified person with a disability" under the ADA
Understand what is a "qualified employee" under the PWFA
Understand types of beliefs that may entitle an employee to a religious accomodation
01. Disability, Pregnancy & Religious Accommodations
- Steps managers should take when they learn of a request for a disability, pregnancy, or religious accommodation
- How must an employee request accommodation?
- What is a “qualified person with a disability” under the ADA?
- What is a “qualified employee” under the PWFA?
- Types of beliefs that may entitle an employee to a religious accommodation
- The disability, pregnancy and religious accommodation “interactive process”
- When can an employer require medical documentation of the need for a disability accommodation?
- “Undue hardship” under the ADA and for religious accommodations
- Common types of disability, pregnancy and religious accommodations
- Lactation accommodations that employers are required to provide
SKILLS LEARNED
Skills Learned
After completing this online training course, students will be able to:
Understand steps as a manager should take
Understand what is a "qualified person with a disability" under the ADA
Understand what is a "qualified employee" under the PWFA
Understand types of beliefs that may entitle an employee to a religious accomodation
COURSE OUTLINE
01. Disability, Pregnancy & Religious Accommodations
- Steps managers should take when they learn of a request for a disability, pregnancy, or religious accommodation
- How must an employee request accommodation?
- What is a “qualified person with a disability” under the ADA?
- What is a “qualified employee” under the PWFA?
- Types of beliefs that may entitle an employee to a religious accommodation
- The disability, pregnancy and religious accommodation “interactive process”
- When can an employer require medical documentation of the need for a disability accommodation?
- “Undue hardship” under the ADA and for religious accommodations
- Common types of disability, pregnancy and religious accommodations
- Lactation accommodations that employers are required to provide
