This session highlights core ADA requirements, emphasizing the duty of employers to provide reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities, which may include modifying job duties or providing assistive technology—without changing essential job functions.
Additionally, the session will cover HR’s role in guiding managers on compliance, including obtaining medical certifications, adhering to employee notice requirements and maintaining health insurance during leave.
Speaker:
Merry Campbell
Merry Campbell serves as a business advisor to local, national and global clients who look to her for counsel on managing their most important asset — their employees. Clients hire her because she successfully resolves workplace-related issues while helping them to maintain a positive and productive workplace.
She often serves as outside-General Counsel to her clients, advising on personnel matters and ensuring that her clients are up to date on compliance, training and other related issues. One long-term client said, “Merry is my go-to resource. She knows employment law inside and out and I always know she will have the answers to my problems.” And when there is a complaint or concern about potential inappropriate behavior, Merry helps guide clients on how to investigate and respond to avoid turning problems into tragedies.
