Remote Control? Managing Remote Work Requests in a Changed Workforce

As employers increasingly require employees to return to the office, remote work accommodation requests have followed. After having sent many of their employees’ home to work during the pandemic, employers now face an onslaught of remote work requests. During the pandemic, employers wondered whether the pandemic would make remote work a permanent “thing” required by the ADA. Several years out, we are beginning to see how the courts are treating remote work requests – and it’s a mixed bag for employers seeking a return to office.

In this complimentary webinar, Littler Shareholder Jeff Nowak and ComPsych’s Matt Morris will analyze the current remote work landscape, help make sense of where the courts are heading on this issue, highlight relevant studies on the issue, and offer practical suggestions on how employers should approach remote work requests after the pandemic. Through the use of case studies (and a tiny bit of humor), we will cover:

• What precisely is the playing field these days when it comes to remote work arrangements? Did the pandemic change the entire remote work analysis?
• How data about modern working arrangements could (and in some instances, should) affect your remote work accommodation analyses
• How this data and other anecdotal evidence can bolster the arguments employers make to strengthen their “return-to-office” position and/or refine their expectations for at-home workers
• Dealing with employees who request remote work because they can’t commute to work
• Where and when does it end: Can an employee work from home indefinitely?

Time:
10:00 - 11:15 a.m. PT
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. MT
12:00 - 1:15 p.m. CT
1:00 - 2:15 p.m. ET