Employment law expert Dr. Jim Castagnera will give you specific tactics to deal with the looming workplace challenge of Long COVID and Post-COVID conditions. You will learn how to make accommodations while avoiding undue hardship for your organization and other team members.
What You'll Learn
- How do the ADA and FMLA apply to COVID long-haulers?
- What state laws and local ordinances have expanded rights of the disabled?
- What are the latest court decisions on COVID in the workplace?
- What accommodations must you make for employees with ongoing symptoms?
- How can you have an open dialogue with a chronically ill employee?
- How should job descriptions help prepare for Long COVID challenges?
- How can you enable chronically ill employees to stay connected?
- What are the dos and don’ts of the ongoing communication process?
Training Overview
Get the facts: Long COVID and your employees. Learn how to comply with their disability rights.
According to the CDC, one out of five people infected with COVID suffers from symptoms that drag on for three or more months after recovery. Some of these long-haulers have become so severely disabled that they are unable to perform the essential functions of their jobs. With disability claims continuing to increase, you need to know what rights these employees have under the Americans with Disabilities Act and provide reasonable accommodations.
Long COVID has a variety of physical complications and pain that can affect individuals’ abilities to work. Along with the underlying condition and the overt symptoms may come depression, drug dependence, and unpredictable absenteeism. Despite your best efforts, the ever-changing landscape is tough to navigate and small mistakes can be costly to fix.
- How do the ADA and FMLA apply to COVID long-haulers?
- What state laws and local ordinances have expanded rights of the disabled?
- What are the latest court decisions on COVID in the workplace?
- What accommodations must you make for employees with ongoing symptoms?
- How can you have an open dialogue with a chronically ill employee?
- How should job descriptions help prepare for Long COVID challenges?
- How can you enable chronically ill employees to stay connected?
- What are the dos and don’ts of the ongoing communication process?
Who Should Attend?
Expert Presenter
Dr. Jim Castagnera
- President of Dr. Jim’s One-Stop HR Shop, a full-service HR law and compliance company
- Partner with Portum Group International LLC, a data-privacy and compliance-consulting firm
- Of Counsel to WIBC Law, a business-law boutique
- Adjunct Professor of Law in the Kline School of Law at Drexel University
- Arbitrator for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Served for 23 years as associate provost and legal counsel for academic affairs at Rider University, where he received the university’s highest annual award for distinguished service
- Taught at UT-Austin and Widener University Law School as a full-time law professor
- Previously worked as a labor, employment, and intellectual-property attorney with Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr
- M.A. in Journalism from Kent State University
- J.D. and Ph.D. (American Studies) from Case Western Reserve University
Credits
This program has been approved for 1.5 PDCs for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP and general recertification credit hours through the HR Certification Institute.
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