ADA Compliance in the Workplace

ADA Compliance in the Workplace is a practical Human Resources course designed to help managers, HR teams, and workplace leaders understand their responsibilities under ADA Title I. Students will learn how to reduce legal risk, support employees with disabilities, and build more consistent workplace practices.

Build Practical ADA Compliance Skills For The Workplace

• Learn Practical disability inclusion, reasonable accommodation, and compliance skills for managers, HR teams, and workplace leaders.
• Understand how to identify accommodation requests and manage the interactive process with confidence.
• Apply ADA Compliance in the Workplace principles to hiring, job descriptions, performance management, and workplace culture.
• Coordinate ADA requirements with FMLA, workers' compensation, state law, vendors, facilities, and internal policies.

This Human Resources course provides a structured, workplace-focused guide to ADA compliance, reasonable accommodation, and disability inclusion.

Through 20 focused lessons, students will examine the ADA workplace framework, who is covered under ADA Title I, and how disability, qualified individuals, and essential job functions are evaluated. The course explains how accurate job descriptions, accessible recruiting practices, lawful interview procedures, and compliant medical inquiry rules support fair and defensible employment decisions.

Students will also learn how to recognize accommodation requests, run the interactive process, request documentation appropriately, and evaluate common workplace accommodations. Topics include remote work, flexible schedules, leave, assistive technology, digital accessibility, service and support animals, undue hardship, direct threat analysis, confidentiality, records, and manager boundaries.

For Human Resources professionals and workplace leaders, the course connects ADA Compliance in the Workplace to real management challenges, including performance issues, discipline, retaliation, harassment, culture, policy audits, facilities, vendor practices, and integrated compliance with other employment laws. By the end of the course, students will be better prepared to create an ADA action plan and lead a more compliant, inclusive, and responsive workplace.