Upcoming Training Seminars
For info on the 2008 Legal Issues Webinar Series, please view the home page.
- June 3, 2008 - Qualified as related to Reasonable Accommodations such as Leave, Reassignment and Job Modifications
Are employees who need leave, reassignment or modified job duties still qualified employees with disabilities under the ADA? This session will review the ADA and its regulations, EEOC guidance, and recent case law decision that focus on how certain accommodation requests relate to employees' abilities to perform essential job functions.
- July 22, 2008 - ADA Coverage Beyond Actual Disability: Regarded As, Record of, and Association Disability
The ADA provides protections to people who may not have a current ADA defined disability. This session will review the ADA and its regulations; EEOC guidance and recent case law, as well as provide employers with information that will help them to avoid pitfalls that may be encountered when navigating this often overlooked area of the law.
- September 23, 2008 - Direct Threat/Safety in the Workplace
What does the ADA require when an employee poses a potential threat to health and safety in the workplace? This session will review the ADA and its regulations, EEOC guidance and recent case law and provide employers with information about conducting an individualized assessment and the role of reasonable accommodations to address the potential threat.
*About the Speakers:
Since 1996, Barry Taylor has been the Legal Advocacy Director at Equip for Equality, the Illinois Protection and Advocacy system. He has overseen many individual and systemic disability discrimination cases and he also oversees the agency's training project, which in its first ten years trained approximately 28,000 people with disabilities. He has also given numerous presentations on the ADA across the country to people with disabilities, employers, service providers and advocacy organizations. Mr. Taylor has been the Chairperson of the Disability Rights Consortium, Chairperson of the Legal Committee for the National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems, Chairperson of the Chicago Bar Association's Legal Aid Committee, and Chairperson of the Chicago Bar Association's Mental Health and Disability Law Committee. He is an Adjunct Professor at John Marshall Law School, and in 2001, Chicago Lawyer Magazine named Taylor one of “40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch.” Prior to coming to Equip for Equality, he was the AIDS Project Attorney in the Midwest Regional Office of Lambda Legal working to advance the civil rights for people living with HIV/AIDS. From 1988 - 1993, he was a litigation associate at the Chicago law firm of Peterson & Ross. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, where he also received his undergraduate degree.
Alan M. Goldstein, Senior Attorney at Equip for Equality
Alan is a Senior Attorney with Equip for Equality (EFE), the Illinois Protection and Advocacy Agency for people with disabilities. Mr. Goldstein has been practicing law for over twenty years and has specialized in the area of disability rights for more than ten years. Mr. Goldstein provides employment-related training to human resource professionals, individuals with disabilities, service providers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations utilizing his experiences as an attorney to provide practical information his training. Equip for Equality also manages the Illinois ADA Project that is funded by the DBTAC: DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center and National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). The Illinois ADA Project provides ADA information and training to organizations and individuals across Illinois.
For more information, please contact the DBTAC - DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center www.adagreatlakes.org · E-mail: gldbtac@uic.edu · Telephone/TTY: 312-413-1407 (V/TTY) or 800-949-4232 (V/TTY) in IL, IN, MI, MN, OH or WI
The contents of these sessions were developed under award #H133A060097 from the U.S. Department of Education through the auspices of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). However the contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal government. The contents are solely the responsibility of the DBTAC: DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center and do not necessarily represent the official views of any of these agencies. The resource materials disseminated by the Center are intended as a guide and does not constitute legal advice. For specific legal advice, an attorney should be consulted.
DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center
Announcing the 2008 Legal Issues Webinar Series: Employment and the ADA
The DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center is pleased to announce a new educational opportunity for 2008. This program will focus on employment issues and disability discrimination under the ADA.
June 3, 2008 - Webinar for the DBTAC: DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center on "Qualified as Related to Reasonable Accommodations such as Leave, Reassignment and Job Modifications." (See the attached document on Webinar Information for further information).
July 15, 2008 - State of Illinois ADA Celebration. There will be workshops on the ADA Restoration Act and on ADA Emergency Evacuation Issues. Please see: www.dhs.state.il.us for more information.
July 17, 2008 - Access Chicago sponsored by the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities. Please see: this link for more information.
July 22, 2008 - Webinar for the DBTAC: DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center on "ADA Coverage Beyond Actual Disability: Regarded As, Record Of, and Association Disability." (See the attached document on Webinar Information for further information).
Recent Trainings
April 22, 2008 - Webinar for the DBTAC: DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center on ADA Disability Harassment, Retaliation, andDiscipline Issues. (See the attached document on Webinar Information for further information).
April,11, 2008 - Training at the Wisconsin Rehabilitation and Transition Conference titled, "Countdown to Disability Disclosure: What Employees and Service Providers Should Know."
April 2, 2008 - Training on ADA Title I Employment Issues for vocational rehabilitation students at Wright College.
March 20, 2008 - Training on Title I and Title II ADA Issues for area village officials at the Oak Park Public Library. The training was sponsored by the Progress Center for Independent Living, www.progresscil.org.
March 27, 2008 - Training at the Chicago Bar Association on "ADA Employment Issues for People with Psychiatric Disabilities." This training was attended by 120 attorneys.
March 17, 2008 - Training on ADA Employment Issues under Title I at the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois, Chicago Circle Campus.
March 4, 2008 - Webinar for the DBTAC: DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center on Medical Inquiries, Hiring, and Confidentiality Issues.
January 22, 2008 - Webinar for the DBTAC: DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center, "Reasonable Accommodations for People with Psychiatric Disabilities."
January 10, 2008 - Training and facilitated discussion at the Chicagoland Business Leadership Network Quarterly Meeting on the ADA Restoration Act.
