Ogletree Deakins Podcasts

Ogletree Deakins Podcasts


Workplace Strategies Watercooler 2024: The Complicated Web We Weave in Complying With Accommodation and Leave Laws

June 05, 2024

In this podcast recorded at Ogletree Deakins’ national Workplace Strategies seminar, Sheri Giger (shareholder, Pittsburgh) and Charles Thompson (shareholder, San Francisco) identify gaps that employers may have in their reasonable accommodation and leave of absence processes. Sheri and Charles, who is co-chair of the firm’s Leave of Absence and Reasonable Accommodations Practice Group, discuss the intersection of the FMLA, ADA, PWFA; workers’ compensation; reasonable accommodation obligations; short- and long-term disability laws; light duty under the ADA; and state law. The speakers offer practical tips, including how to identify key internal players, check for compliance gaps, and not take a wrong turn when handling leave and accommodation requests.