ACHRO/EEO 2020
2020-10-30 09:00 - 10:15 (America/Denver)
COVID-19 ADA Disability Compliance: Managing Work from Home Accommodation Requests
What do you do when an employee provides a doctor’s a note stating they medically need to work from home because of COVID-19? How do employers manage employee requests to work from home at a time when you are asking all employees in their respective workgroups to return to the workplace full or part-time?
Rachel and her firm have created a COVID-19 Disability Compliance Program that gives you not only answers but a step-by-step process for you to follow in order to create a program that will work for your organization. Leave with sample scripts, template letters, forms and a flowchart to ensure you not only do good and compliant work, but have a process to document it as well.
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CalPelra Annual Conference
2020-11-16 - 2020-11-20
CALPELRA’s 2020 Annual Training Conference, the 45th annual CALPELRA conference, will be held over five days, November 16 – 20, 2020. Due to restrictions on large public gatherings imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to protect participants’ health and well-being, CALPELRA will present the 2020 Conference as a virtual event.
CALPELRA 2020: AGENTS OF CHANGE Unleash Your Superpowers!
Labor relations and HR professionals help their organizations adapt to social and economic challenges. Attuned to societal shifts and cultural policies, they’re able to predict the need for change and lead their organizations into the future and new opportunities.
Now more than ever they’re the superheroes of their organizations, faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound – but they don’t deal with a single villain or arch enemy – they deal with a multitude of complex challenges. And they know that networks, like the kind they build through CALPELRA, help them expand their knowledge, skills, and influence.
Join us at CALPELRA 2020 and unleash your change agent superpowers – capitalize on your powers to maximize human potential and energize change.
Conference Format
#CALPELRA2020 will be held as a virtual event over five days, November 16-20, and will include over 75 great sessions, with exciting opportunities for live/real-time learning and networking and direct interaction with other Conference attendees, sponsors, and speakers.
Sessions cover a wide variety of labor and employment topics that are critical to HR professionals, including labor relations, negotiations, investigations, police and fire issues, leaves, and HR planning. This year’s program also includes many sessions focused on the critical issues of equity, inclusion, bias, and diversity in public sector labor and employment.
We’re excited by the possibilities this new virtual Conference format offers, and look forward to presenting a Conference event that meets if not exceeds the high standards we’ve set for CALPELRA’s Annual Conference. This won’t be your standard, run-of-the-mill collection of webinars; it will be an interactive, engaging experience using current technology tools. And you’ll be able to participate from your office or home; no need for expensive hotel nights or travel expenses.
Watch for more details coming soon, including program content.
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CALPELRA Virtual Conference
2020-11-18 11:15 - 12:00
The Struggle Is Real: Managing Leave Misuse & Abuse
Disabilities impacting availability for work are your #1 disability cost driver. Let’s change that. Leave use is one of the most frustrating issues for employers to manage. From FMLA abuse to persons who are legitimately too disabled to work full-time, you can feel nearly hopeless combatting the rising tide of leave use. In this session you’ll learn what you can do to reduce leave, including how to measure and track leave better in your organization; how to create a culture that supports necessary leave, while holding accountable all employees to maintain regular and reliable attendance; and ultimately how you can use the disability interactive process to engage with employees with attendance issues.
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The ADA Interactive Process in the Era of COVID
2021-05-21 10:00 - 15:00
Disability compliance practitioners have been in emergency-response mode for over a year. Much of the day to day work that used to be priority was relegated to “we will get back to this after COVID”. Well, COVID is still a major HR focus for us, but we are also needing to get back to the projects and tasks that had to take a back seat for a while. In this workshop we will support you to dust off your ADA programs and reset them with a nod to what is possible for your team in this continued era of COVID. This training will provide you with a practical and streamlined process to keep your organization compliant and efficient with all of your ADA disability matters – from workers’ compensation, personal injuries and illnesses and COVID related accommodation needs. No matter how amazing your HR team is, they can’t do it all the same ways we did before. We have to find compliant ways to do the work, with less time. Leave this training with sample materials and templates you can implement immediately.

In addition to sample materials and templates, it’s time to re-invest in yourself. Take this day to empower yourself with the knowledge you need to succeed, and pamper yourself with the Shaw HR Consulting HR Essentials Toolkit! Shaw HR Consulting has partnered with Craven & Co. to create an HR Essentials Toolkit that each attendee will get mailed to your doorstep as part of the training!

Shaw HR Consulting has been approved by the State Bar of California to provide MCLE credits for its trainings.
Shaw HR Consulting is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM and SHRM-SCPSM. Shaw HR Consulting trainings are also eligible for points for IPMA-HR Certified Professionals (IPMA-CP) and IPMA-HR Senior Certified Professionals (IPMA-SCP).

ADA Disability Compliance and Mental Health
2021-08-20 10:00 - 15:00
Accommodations related to stress-related psychological disabilities are on the rise. Situations can be challenging especially when linked to depression, stress, learning disabilities, working with others and personality issues. Layer in COVID-19, and circumstances can get even more complicated. Rachel is not a lawyer, she is an HR practitioner and as such focuses on process. While participants will leave the presentation with an understanding of ADA/FEHA law as it relates to mental and psychological disability compliance, the most valuable and tangible asset attendees will receive is a practical and implementable process with which to employ the disability interactive process. This means a step-by-step, how-to guide including templates, samples and scripts. Practical and field-tested, her process is simple, comprehensive and most importantly supports employers to make reasonable accommodation decisions they can feel confident about.

In addition to sample materials and templates, it’s time to re-invest in yourself. Take this day to
empower yourself with the knowledge you need to succeed, and pamper yourself with the Shaw HR Consulting HR Essentials Toolkit! Shaw HR Consulting has created an HR Essentials Toolkit that each attendee will get mailed to their doorstep as part of the training!

Shaw HR Consulting has been approved by the State Bar of California to provide MCLE credits for its trainings.
Shaw HR Consulting is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM and SHRM-SCPSM. Shaw HR Consulting trainings are also eligible for points for IPMA-HR Certified Professionals (IPMA-CP) and IPMA-HR Senior Certified Professionals (IPMA-SCP).

ACHRO/EEO 2021 Virtual Conference
2021-10-20 10:30 - 11:45
Managing COVID-Related Accommodation Requests in a “Post-Vaccine America”

Reasonable accommodation requests related to COVID-19 remain prevalent. Requests range from “I need to work from home because of a personal medical condition,” to specific work restrictions such as “cannot wear a face mask,” or “cannot work near people.” How do you manage reasonable accommodation requests related to COVID-19? Rachel and her firm have created a COVID-19 Disability Compliance Program that gives you not only answers but a step-by-step process for you to follow in order to create a program that will work for your organization. Leave with sample scripts, template letters, questionnaires, forms and a flowchart to ensure you not only do good and compliant work, but have a process to document it as well.

National PELRA's 2021 Annual Training Conference
2021-11-06 08:00 - 2021-11-07 17:00 | Sheraton New Orleans, 500 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA, 70130, United States
SATURDAY – NOVEMBER 6, 2021:

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Pre-Conference Workshop with Rachel Shaw “ADA/ADAAA Compliance – Everything You Need to Do This Hard Stuff Right” – (separate registration required)

SUNDAY – NOVEMBER 7, 2021

3:05 pm – 4:20 pm: “Leave Management: How a Pandemic Added Even More Acronyms to the “Leave Game”

Leave use is one of the most frustrating issues for employers to manage. From FMLA (Friday, Monday Leave Act) to the newest addition – FFCRA, to persons who are legitimately too disabled to work full-time, it nearly feels hopeless to combat the rising tide of leave use. In this session Rachel will skillfully walk you through what you can do to reduce leave use across your organization — even in a pandemic. She brings strategies that work, provides you with tools you can throw on your stationary and start using tomorrow, and does it with a sense of humor. Don’t miss one of Rachel’s most popular sessions where she shares leave management strategies that really work.

CalPELRA Annual Conference
2021-11-18 13:45 - 15:15 | Monterey Marriott Hotel, 350 Calle Principal, Monterey, CA, 93940, United States
Accommodation requests and needs in relation to mental/psychological disabilities are on the rise post COVID. When it comes to reasonable accommodations and mental disabilities most employers will agree situations have become more challenging, especially when related to stress, learning disabilities, working with others, and personality issues. And COVID has added a new layer of complexity. By law, a psychological/mental disability is a disability that employers must address under ADA/ FEHA. In this session, you’ll learn how to coordinate the Disability Interactive Process Hallway for psychological disabilities. You’ll learn about specific solutions when engaged in Reasonable Accommodations discussions with an employee. Because no matter how amazing your HR team is, we can’t do it all the same ways we did before COVID. Reality is dictating that we all have to find compliant ways to do the work, with less time.

Can We Manage Leave Again? Developing Your ADA Leave Management Program in a "Post-Vaccine America"
2021-11-19 09:00 - 14:00
How could you manage leave during a pandemic? With so many legitimate reasons for leave, and a push from public health officials to support leave for fear COVID would spread more in workplaces, your hands were tied. As we move forward, employers have to once again manage leave to reduce unnecessary leave, identify and discipline abuse of leave and engage with disabled persons who require high levels of leave. During this workshop we will not only guide you through identifying when and how you restart your leave management programs, but we will also provide you with the tools, scripts, letters, medical questionnaires and training that you need to start to reduce leaves wherever possible to improve services and lower costs.

In addition to sample materials and templates, it’s time to re-invest in yourself. Take this day to empower yourself with the knowledge you need to succeed, and pamper yourself with the Shaw HR Consulting HR Essentials Toolkit! Shaw HR Consulting has created an HR Essentials Toolkit that each attendee will get mailed to your doorstep as part of the training!
Shaw HR Consulting has been approved by the State Bar of California to provide MCLE credits for its trainings.
Shaw HR Consulting is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM and SHRM-SCPSM. Shaw HR Consulting trainings are also eligible for points for IPMA-HR Certified Professionals (IPMA-CP) and IPMA-HR Senior Certified Professionals (IPMA-SCP).

PARMA Annual Conference
2022-03-02 09:00 - 10:15 | Disneyland Hotel Conference Center, 1150 West Magic Way, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
Session Title: Working From Home, and a Possible Hybrid Future
Session Description: As we transition out of the pandemic, many employers are eager to return their employees to the traditional workplace. However, will that be a reality in our future given fears employees have regarding contracting illness? Understanding how to assess reasonableness of work from home accommodations as well as what considerations are important in regards to employer risk and employee safety in work from home and hybrid environments will be key in moving forward. Join us as we discuss best practice options and the potential risks to consider as to consider when offering a work from home option in the future.

Virtual HR Training Webinar
2022-03-08 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtual
Webinar: A Look Toward Leave Management Post-Pandemic
Many employers have reported the lowest leave levels in decades during the pandemic. Some hypothesize this was because there was very little travel allowed. Others believe that U.S. workers may not have taken less leave, just reported it less, e.g., an employee working from home may not have had to report it as it was not “seen” by supervisors. No matter the reason, all would agree 2020 and to some extent 2021 were an anomalies, and it is highly unlikely the need for leave management will go by the wayside post-pandemic.
While many employers are considering making permanent changes regarding working remotely and hybrid work environments, most employers should prepare for pre-pandemic leave levels to resurface. How then, should HR Departments manage leave as the world is coming out of a pandemic? Rachel will discuss both overall strategies as well as provide attendees with process to implement leave programming including forms and templates you can start using immediately.

HR West Conference 2022
2022-03-09 13:30 - 14:45 | Marriot Oakland City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
For over a year, most employers have been managing COVID-related requests as short-term or temporary. With vaccines widely available, it’s a game-changer. The availability of vaccines now make the majority of COVID-related requests more long-term in nature. What does this shift mean? It means employers focused on returning employees to the workplace can begin managing COVID-related accommodation requests as long-term, and with it the need to employ a more robust ADA/FEHA interactive process to make long-term reasonable accommodation decisions. Rachel will review the CDC’s guidance regarding “high risk” individuals, and how to identify if you’re ready to make long-accommodation decisions and if you are, provide you with the tools to do the work including scripts, template letters, medical questionnaires and more.

2022 DMEC FMLA/ADA Employer Compliance Conference
2022-03-21 13:00 - 14:00 | The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, 404 S Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA, 90071, United States
Combatting Excessive Leave: Managing FMLA Leave Misuse and Abuse

The Essential ADA Disability Compliance Training: Managing Reasonable Accommodations
2022-04-29 09:00 - 14:00
Today, employers are struggling with more and more requests for workplace accommodations. How do they keep up with the growing workload associated with disability compliance matters? The answer is to ensure that your organization understands the intent and purpose of the laws, and how to employ a consistent process.
This training will help you understand what employees are eligible for reasonable accommodations under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and how to employ the Disability Interactive Process Hallway® strategy which walks you through not only what employers need to know, but how to manage even the most difficult employee accommodations matters. Practical and field-tested, Rachel’s solutions are altruistic and straightforward and most importantly support employers to make reasonable accommodation decisions they can feel confident about. Leave with an understanding of ADA law and a practical and implementable process to manage reasonable accommodations. This means a step-by-step, how-to process including templates, samples and scripts to give you the confidence you need to manage a successful interactive process.
Additionally, Shaw HR Consulting has created an HR gift box that each attendee will get mailed to your doorstep as part of the training.
Shaw HR Consulting has been approved by the State Bar of California to provide MCLE credits for its trainings.
Shaw HR Consulting is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM and SHRM-SCPSM. Shaw HR Consulting trainings are also eligible for points for IPMA-HR Certified Professionals (IPMA-CP) and IPMA-HR Senior Certified Professionals (IPMA-SCP).

Please note that all Shaw HR Consulting hosted trainings are VIRTUAL for 2022.

ADA Disability Compliance Training: ADA Interactive Process - Having Hard Conversations
2022-06-01 09:00 - 12:00
The ADA Disability Interactive Process is about gathering good data in order to conduct an individualized assessment if reasonable accommodations can be implemented for an employee. There should be no surprises when decisions are ultimately made, and the key to this is good communication. This means having hard, but human, conversations as you go through this multistep process – and, not just at the end. Understand when and how to prepare and have these conversations when conducting the Disability Interactive Process.
Shaw HR Consulting has been approved by the State Bar of California to provide MCLE credits for its trainings.
Shaw HR Consulting is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM and SHRM-SCPSM. Shaw HR Consulting trainings are also eligible for points for IPMA-HR Certified Professionals (IPMA-CP) and IPMA-HR Senior Certified Professionals (IPMA-SCP).

Please note that all Shaw HR Consulting hosted trainings are VIRTUAL for 2022.

NPELRA Annual Conference
2022-06-27 14:45 - 16:00 | AT&T Hotel And Conference Center, 1900 University Ave, Austin, TX, 78705, United States
Title: How to Ensure Your Team Survives & Thrives When Coming out of a Slower Than Molasses Pandemic
ADA Disability Compliance work was never easy. How, then do you continue to survive – and looking forward – be inspired and even inspire others as we move out of a pandemic that shook the world? It’s about knowing the content. It’s about watching, practicing and figuring out how to do the hard stuff more efficiently. It’s about consistency. And, most important it’s about taking care of yourself. Let Rachel help you take a step back to look at how you strategically resuscitate your team and program that has been strained with managing the unmanageable over the last few years.

NPELRA Annual Conference
2022-06-28 13:15 - 14:30 | AT&T Hotel And Conference Center, 1900 University Ave, Austin, TX, 78705, United States
Title: Psychological Disabilities – ADA & the Stressed-Out Worker
When it comes to reasonable accommodations and mental disabilities most employers will agree few situations are more challenging especially when related to stress, learning disabilities, working with others and personality issues. What is perhaps the most difficult aspect of mental disabilities is there is no one-size-fits-all solution for accommodations – solutions are always employee specific. By law, a psychological/mental disability is a disability which employers must address under ADA. Accommodation requests and needs in relation to mental/psychological disabilities are on the rise. Understand how to coordinate the Disability Interactive Process Hallway for psychological disabilities. Learn specific psychological disabilities solutions when engaged in Reasonable Accommodations discussions with an employee, and how to stay compliant when it comes to ADA law

2022 DMEC Annual Conference
2022-08-01 14:30 - 15:30 | Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, 6700 N Gaylord Rockies Blvd, Aurora, CO, 80019, United States
Time to Look Inward: Supporting out HR Teams to Better Support Your Organization
Your Human Resources Team has literally been in “emergency mode” for more than a year now. Overtasked managing the realities of COVID-19 within your organization, they have had a front seat in a number workplace issues from layoffs to employees with exposures to changes in policies and procedures. Moreover, many have also been tasked with the responsibility of staying up to date on ever-changing local, state and federal rules and regulations. All this has translated into ongoing added stress – with no real end in sight. What can you do to help the mental health of the human resources practitioners in your organization who have been engaged with the hardest work they will likely ever do? It is as simple as supporting them to heal and recover. It’s about vacations. It’s about checking in and regrouping, and, it’s about recognizing them.

ADA Disability Compliance Training: “My Disability Made Me Do It” - Managing the ADA Interactive Process When Disability and Discipline Collide
2022-08-19 09:00 - 14:00
What do you do when performance issues are being addressed and an employee says, “My disability made me do it?” Things get tricky when performance may or may not be impacted by a perceived or actual disability. Where do you start? Legal issues surrounding both discipline and disability abound. And, it’s important to understand how the two can be intertwined legally. This training will help you navigate these issues and assist you toward moving toward the ultimate goal: for an employee’s performance standards to be met. Learn how to manage these especially tough cases and about specific solutions on how to proceed down the Disability Interactive Process Hallway® in these unique cases.
Additionally, Shaw HR Consulting has created an HR gift box that each attendee will get mailed to your doorstep as part of the training.
Shaw HR Consulting has been approved by the State Bar of California to provide MCLE credits for its trainings.
Shaw HR Consulting is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM and SHRM-SCPSM. Shaw HR Consulting trainings are also eligible for points for IPMA-HR Certified Professionals (IPMA-CP) and IPMA-HR Senior Certified Professionals (IPMA-SCP).
Please note that all Shaw HR Consulting hosted trainings are VIRTUAL for 2022.

ADA Disability Compliance Training: California Education Code & the ADA/FEHA Interactive Process
2022-09-21 09:00 - 12:00
How does the California Education Code affect how you manage the ADA/FEHA Disability Interactive Process? From work restrictions through leave needs, understand what you need to integrate into your Disability Interactive Process Hallway® to ensure it is Ed Code compliant. A must-do training for schools and colleges in California. You’ll leave this training with a step-by-step, how-to process including templates, samples and scripts.
Shaw HR Consulting has been approved by the State Bar of California to provide MCLE credits for its trainings.
Shaw HR Consulting is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM and SHRM-SCPSM. Shaw HR Consulting trainings are also eligible for points for IPMA-HR Certified Professionals (IPMA-CP) and IPMA-HR Senior Certified Professionals (IPMA-SCP).

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Please note that all Shaw HR Consulting hosted trainings are VIRTUAL for 2022.

ACHRO / EEO Fall 2022 Fall Training Institute
2022-10-26 09:00 - 22:15 | Hyatt Regency North Lake Tahoe, 111 Country Club Dr., Incline Village, NV, 89451, United States
“Injured Employees: Where Workers’ Compensation and the ADA/FEHA Disability Interactive Process Collide”
Injured workers who meet the ADA and FEHA’s definition of an “individual with a disability” enter the disability interactive process, regardless of whether they satisfy criteria for receiving benefits under workers’ compensation or other disability laws. When at the intersection of these processes, each with its own set of rules and laws—sorting through where they overlap and where they don’t—can be frustratingly slow for all parties involved. Rachel Shaw will show you how to get “unstuck” when common roadblocks pop up—and, shed light on opportunities to reduce claim costs and create timeline efficiencies. The session will also explore how you can use Light Duty Agreements, create TTD questionnaires to evaluate if continued leave is reasonable, the value of Essential Function Position Analyses and how to make sure you get what you need from QME and AME providers.

ADA Disability Compliance Training: Leave Management - Battling Excessive Use and Misuse for a Better Workplace
2022-11-04 09:00 - 14:00
Leave Management is hard work. And, when addressing excessive use, abuse and misuse of leave that job gets even harder. From perceived FMLA manipulation to employees attempting to leverage psychological stressors for a job change, it becomes at times difficult to separate legitimate medical needs from personal preferences. These are issues widespread among employers nationwide. The financial impact of excessive leave is daunting and the moral impact on your workforce perhaps even greater.
How do organizations manage and perhaps lessen leave? Rachel provides proven strategies and methods which have been implemented in more than 200 agencies across the nation. Start with understanding what your mission is, and what the attitude of your leave management team will be. End with the tools you need to consistently apply a sound practice.
Additionally, Shaw HR Consulting has created an HR gift box that each attendee will get mailed to your doorstep as part of the training.
Shaw HR Consulting has been approved by the State Bar of California to provide MCLE credits for its trainings.
Shaw HR Consulting is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM and SHRM-SCPSM. Shaw HR Consulting trainings are also eligible for points for IPMA-HR Certified Professionals (IPMA-CP) and IPMA-HR Senior Certified Professionals (IPMA-SCP).

Please note that all Shaw HR Consulting hosted trainings are VIRTUAL for 2022.

2022 California Schools JPA Conference
2022-11-07 15:20 - 16:05 | Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, 1600 Disneyland Dr., Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
Topic: Fitness for Duties are Not a Weapon! The Tool You Need to Make Sound Decisions in the ADA/FEHA Interactive Process
As an employer, good data is imperative in order to make reasonable accommodations decisions you can feel confident about. You need clear medical information on work restrictions/functional limitations or leave needs and the duration of such. What if you have been unable to obtain this vital information? This session will focus on understanding when it is appropriate to use the tool of a Fitness for Duty Examination and how to employ it properly. Attendees will leave with both a process and template materials you can use.

CalPELRA Annual Training Conference
2022-11-16 10:15 - 11:45 | Monterey Marriott Hotel, 350 Calle Principal, Monterey, CA, 93940, United States
The Secret To Managing a Successful ADA/FEHA Interactive Process: Having Hard Conversations.
Very little about conducting the ADA/FEHA disability interactive process is easy. Collecting the right data to make sound decisions is pinnacle however, what is the “secret sauce” that really makes an interactive process work? It’s having the hard conversations throughout the process. Simply put, there should be no surprises at the end for an employee. To ensure this, regular interaction at key points in the interactive process is vital. Rachel will walk you through when these conversations need to take place and how to prepare and have them prior to when a final decision is made.

CIPMA-HR Lunch 'N Learn 2023
2023-01-11 11:30 - 13:00 | The Tower Club, 300 E. Esplanade Dr., Oxnard, CA, 93036, United States
Session Topic: The Reason Your Interactive Processes are Painful and How to Fix This!
It’s not uncommon for discussions between employees and employers to get emotionally charged when it comes to the topic of their disability and reasonable accommodations. Fact collecting will be by far the most important step in your ADA/FEHA interactive processes. Simply put, good data = good decisions.
While collecting data and having parties agree on essential functions is vital, every human resource and risk manager can tell you getting clear medical information from health care providers is more difficult. From vague medical reports to accommodation recommendations and unclear restrictions such as “no heavy lifting or prolonged standing,” Rachel will walk attendees through how clear medical data can save your organization in time and money.
Leave understanding how to write better medical questionnaires to get the information you need to make sound reasonable accommodation decisions.

To Join the January 11th event, please email your RSVP to Mandi Basaldua at mandi.basaldua@ventura.org with contact information and number of attendees. Please send your payment to: CIPMA-HR PO Box 7134; Ventura, CA 93006 (or indicate in your RSVP that you will pay via check or credit card at the door)! Rates are listed below:
Lunch & Learn (a la carte)
1. CIPMA Members* – $45.00 per event
2. Non-CIPMA Members – $55.00 per event

MASPA 2023 Winter Conference
2023-01-27 08:05 | DoubleTree Bloomington, 7800 Normandale Blvd, Bloomington, MN, 55439, United States
ADA Disability Compliance: The Essential Reasonable Accommodations Workshop
Today, employers are struggling with more and more requests for workplace accommodations. How do they keep up with the growing workload associated with disability compliance matters? The answer is to ensure your organization understands the intent and purpose of the laws, and to employ a consistent process.
Rachel Shaw delivers a solutions-focused training that will address the realities of where we are with employer accommodation obligations under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Starting with a basic overview of ADA, you will be guided through how to create or enhance your disability compliance program to ensure your organization is compliant and efficient and effective when dealing with requests for workplace and leave accommodations.
Understand what employees are eligible for reasonable accommodations, and how to employ the Disability Interactive Process Hallway® strategy which walks you through not only what employers need to know, but how to manage even the most difficult employee accommodations matters. Practical and field-tested, Rachel’s solutions are altruistic and straightforward and most importantly support employers to make reasonable accommodation decisions they can feel confident about. Leave with an understanding of ADA law and a practical and implementable process to manage reasonable accommodations. This means a step-by-step, how-to process including templates, samples and scripts.
This training is eligible for the following professional development credits: MCLE, SHRM and IMPA

IEPMA-HR Training
2023-02-02 08:15 - 22:15 | Central Park in Rancho Cucamonga, 11200 Base Line Road, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91701, United States

CalGovHR Conference & Expo
2023-03-08 - 2023-03-10 | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Sonoma Wine Country, 1 Doubletree Dr., Rohnert Park, CA, 94928, United States
More information to come!

NPELRA Pre-2023 National ATC Conference Workshop
2023-04-23 13:00 - 16:00 | Omni Hotel and Resorts Louisville, 400 S. 2nd Street, Louisville, KY, 40202, United States
Today, employers are struggling with more and more requests for workplace accommodations. How do you keep up with this growing workload associated with disability compliance matters? The answer is to ensure your organization understands the intent and purpose of the laws, and to employ a consistent process. Rachel Shaw delivers a solutions-focused training that will address the realities of where we are with employer accommodation obligations under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Starting with a basic overview of ADA, you will be guided through how to create or enhance your disability compliance program to ensure your organization is compliant and efficient and effective when dealing with requests for workplace and leave accommodations. Understand what employees are eligible for reasonable accommodations, and how to employ the Disability Interactive Process Hallway® strategy which walks you through not only what employers need to know, but how to manage even the most difficult employee accommodations matters. Practical and field-tested, Rachel’s solutions are altruistic and straightforward and most importantly support employers to make reasonable accommodation decisions they can feel confident about. Leave with an understanding of ADA law and a practical and implementable process to manage reasonable accommodations. This includes a step-by-step, how-to process including templates, samples and scripts.

NPELRA 2023 National Conference
2023-04-24 13:15 - 14:30 | Omni Hotel and Resorts Louisville, 400 S. 2nd Street, Louisville, KY, 40202, United States
The Secret to Managing a Successful ADA Interactive Process: Having Hard Conversations
Very little about conducting the ADA disability interactive process is easy. Collecting the right data to make sound decisions is pinnacle however, what is the “secret sauce” that really makes an interactive process work? It’s having the hard conversations throughout the process. Simply put, there should be no surprises at the end for an employee. To ensure this, regular interaction at key points in the interactive process is vital. Rachel will walk you through when these conversations need to take place and how to prepare and have them prior to when a final decision is made.
