Obesity as an ADA Title 1 Disability

Obesity is an ever-present issue in post-offer employment testing, analysis of direct threat to self or others, and management of a request for reasonable accommodation. A critical strategy for avoiding an inadvertent adverse employment action is to be clear about inherent legal triggers, starting with the three-prong definition of disability under ADA Title 1.

Join me on April 25, 2019, for an update on how the EEOC and the federal courts look at this subject. We will explore strategies for safe employment testing, managing safety concerns in the workplace, and compliance within the interactive reasonable accommodation process.