Aftershocks in Accommodations: How the Pandemic Has Reshaped Workplace Disability Accommodations

Over the course of the past year, most U.S. businesses steadily ramped up their return-to-office efforts with the oft-stated goal of “returning to normal.” However, the return to the physical office has often proceeded in fits and starts, marked by the emergence of new COVID variants and other respiratory viruses, the prevalence of “long COVID,” growing numbers of employee requests for workplace accommodations based on both physical and mental health conditions, and proliferating state and local requirements. HR and leave management professionals are challenged daily to interpret and update their pre-COVID absence and accommodation practices, while courts and arbitrators are increasingly receptive to novel requests to modify the way we work.

In a nutshell, what we have “returned” to feels very different than what we left. Please join us as we review how COVID-19 has reshaped disability accommodation practices, including evolving assumptions about the reasonableness of proposed accommodations and the emerging case law in this area.

Registration:      11:15 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Lunch Served:    11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Program:            12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Please note the dress code for the Duquesne Club is Business Casual. Jeans and sneakers are not permitted.

This program has been preapproved for one hour of PA substantive CLE credit.