Speaker: Sharon Rennert – Senior Attorney Advisor, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Office of Hearings and Appeals
June 24, 2010
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The Rehabilitation Act requires federal agencies to provide reasonable accommodation to employees with disabilities. Ms. Rennert will discuss the legislative amendments to the Rehabilitation Act that became effective in January 2009. Ms. Rennert will talk about how these amendments are being interpreted and their impact on the federal workplace. Ms. Rennert offers her extensive experience and insights about how ADR processes and principles could help managers and employees successfully navigate the new requirements, particularly with respect to accommodations for mental disabilities, under the amended law.