ADA and Pandemic Preparedness- November General ZOOM Meeting

Please join us for our November monthly Big Country SHRM Zoom meeting online from 12pm to 1pm.

 Topic: ADA and Pandemic Preparedness

Objectives:

1)      To learn how COVID-19 is considered a direct threat under the ADA

2)      To learn how the EEOC’s latest guidance on the ADA/COVID-19 looks at reasonable accommodation issues in the workplace

3)      To learn when and how employers can take reasonable steps to keep COVID-19 out of the workplace while staying in compliance with the ADA.

 Speaker: Rodney Klein, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  Rodney Klein graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and was hired by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as an Investigator in 1992. Mr. Klein investigated individual complaints of employment discrimination, along with large class and systemic cases. He worked as a liaison between the EEOC and various fair employment practice agencies. And, he was the San Antonio Office’s Charge Receipt Supervisor, responsible for receiving and processing all incoming discrimination complaints. Currently, Mr. Klein is the Dallas District’s Outreach and Training Manager. He speaks to audiences about employment related matters, the civil rights statutes, and EEOC procedures, and he is a featured speaker at his office’s yearly training seminar for employers.