Meeting/Event Information

Telecommuting, Workplace Stealing, and Occasional Napping - An Employer's Guide to "Reasonable" Accommodations.

Presented by Jonathan Harris, Attorney, Ogletree Deakins Law Firm

The EEOC and the courts are imposing ever-greater accommodation duties on employers. These so-called accommodations range from the precedent-defying (e.g., eliminating regular attendance as an essential job function) to the bizarre (e.g., requiring an employer to put up with foul language) to the sublime (e.g., allowing intermittent naptime). This session will provide examples of how accommodation duties have expanded and suggest practical tips on how in-house counsel can navigate the evolving minefield that is the ADA.

Schedule: Doors open at 7:15 am for registration and networking. Buffet breakfast begins at 7:20 am, and the presentation starts promptly at 8:00 am. 

Breakfast:

• Members: $18 by end of business Wednesday, September 10, walk-ins $23.
• Students: $9 by end of business Wednesday, September 10, walk-ins $11.50.
  

• Future Members: $29 by end of business Wednesday, September 10, walk-ins $40. *(See below)

Please thank our sponsor First Citizens National Bank for making this event possible:

This program has been awarded 1 hours of HR recertification credit. "The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

Biography: Mr. Harris joined Ogletree Deakins in July 2003 and concentrates his practice in employment litigation. Mr. Harris has acted as the responsible attorney in numerous cases under Title VII, the ADEA, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, THRA, and other state and federal employment laws. He represents employers in single plaintiff claims as well as in class action litigation. Mr. Harris handles litigation at both the trial level and on appeal.
Mr. Harris has enjoyed success in defending these types of claims against employers.
Mr. Harris, acting as first chair, recently obtained a defense verdict in a sexual
harassment and retaliation trial, tried in Coffee County Circuit Court against a wellknown plaintiff’s attorney. Numerous decisions can be found on Westlaw or Lexis in
which Mr. Harris obtained dismissals for his clients via summary judgment or other
dispositive motion. Mr. Harris has also obtained numerous orders from the courts of
appeals, affirming summary judgment decisions in favor of employers.
Mr. Harris enjoys speaking on employment issues and works with clients on preventive
strategies to avoid discrimination, retaliation and other employment claims. From 2000
to 2001, Mr. Harris served as a law clerk for the Honorable E. Richard Webber, a United States District Judge in the Eastern District of Missouri.

* Up to $45 of any Guest registration may be applied towards a 1 year MT|SHRM Membership within 60 days of the event attended.  Please call Shannan at (615) 499-5150 to take advantage.