HOW ODEP OFFERS COVID-19 QUICK EMPLOYMENT TIPS: MENTAL HEALTH & REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS.. (2768 hits)
For Immediate Release From ODEP!
COVID-19 Quick Employment Tips
The U.S. Department of Labor released a series of "COVID-19 Quick Employment Tips" videos. The first is on supporting workers' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and features the Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion's Mental Health Toolkit. The second highlights resources and information on reasonable accommodations and COVID-19 from the Job Accommodation Network.
The Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) presented a webinar on "The ADA at Work: Considerations for COVID-19," which is now available for viewing. Representatives from EARN and the Mid-Atlantic ADA Center discussed how employers can balance guidance on COVID-19 containment from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Topics included the implications of the pandemic on disability-related inquiries, medical examinations, and requirements for reasonable accommodations for telework.
Reasonable Accommodations: (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1605061859669644) and (https://askearn.org/training-center/webinars/the-ada-at-work-considerations-for-covid-19/);
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JAN Consultants' Corner
Sarah Small, Consultant on the Job Accommodation Network's (JAN) Cognitive/Neurological Team, published a new Consultants' Corner on "Changing or Removing a Reasonable Accommodation in the Workplace." She focuses on the provision of reasonable accommodations as an ongoing process. Small examines situations under which workplace accommodations may be changed or removed, such as times when the current accommodation no longer meets the disability-related needs of the employee.
