• Assessing Needs • Implementing Adjustments • Managing Performance in Practice • Balancing Support, Privacy and The Needs Of The Organisation • As an Employer - What you must do to meet reasonable accommodations in the workplace

As employers encounter a wide range of individual needs and circumstances in the workplace, understanding how to provide appropriate reasonable accommodations is increasingly important. HR professionals and managers are facing increasingly complex situations about reasonable accommodations, disclosure, performance, probation and workplace expectations. What should an employer do when an employee discloses difficulties after performance concerns have been raised? Can accommodations be considered where an employee is awaiting diagnosis? How should organisations respond to requests for remote working, occupational health recommendations or adjustments that may affect colleagues or the essential requirements of a role?

This practical one-day course is designed to help managers and HR professionals navigate these situations with greater confidence. We will explore the relationship between reasonable accommodation and performance management to provide practical approaches to assessing individual needs, working with employees and managers, considering appropriate adjustments, maintaining confidentiality and managing performance fairly and consistently.

By attending this course,you will gain practical guidance on how to:

• Approach reasonable accommodation requests with greater confidence
• Respond to disclosure, self-identification and awaiting diagnosis
• Understand the relationship between accommodation and performance management
• Support employees who don’t know what adjustments they need
• Consider remote and hybrid working requests
• Managing situations where an accommodation affects colleagues or the wider team
• Use practical frameworks and case studies to navigate difficult workplace situations

All attendees will receive a full course pack to refer to and will have the benefit of learning from a trainer with a wealth of experience in this area.

Topics

• An Overview of Reasonable Accommodations in the workplace
• Disclosure, self-identification and suspected disabilities
• What if an employee is awaiting a diagnosis
• What if an employee says they do not need accommodations?
• What if an employee doesn’t want their diagnosis disclosed to their manager?
• Balancing support, privacy and the needs of the organisation
• Reasonable Accommodation - From Request to Action - Workplace Needs Assessments
• Assessing & Implementing Workplace Adjustments
• How do you identify appropriate and workable adjustments?
• What if the requested accommodation cannot be provided?
• Considering alternative accommodations
• Recording, reviewing and maintaining agreed accommodations
• Managing repeated performance concerns
• Reasonable accommodation vs performance management
• Supporting managers to have difficult conversations
• Working effectively between HR, the line manager, and Occupational Health

Who Should Attend

This course will be highly beneficial to HR Managers, employee relations professionals, people and culture managers, line managers, supervisors, disability liaison officers, Occupational Health, Workplace wellbeing professionals, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion teams, those responsible for workplace accommodations, and anyone who conducts performance reviews to name just a few.

Certification

On completion of this one-day training course, you will receive your Certificate of Attendance. Please note certificates are issued at the close of the training course to participants on completion of the course.

This course may qualify for CPD points. Please check directly with your association or awarding body to see how many points they will award.

Cost

An ‘Early Bird’ discounted rate of €499 is currently available. This training course normal rate is €599. Places are limited and are allocated on a first come first served basis. PLEASE NOTE THE EARLY BIRD RATE CLOSES 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO COURSE DATE. The course cost includes all course documentation and Certificate of Attendance.