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Telework and Beyond: Addressing Complex Disability Accommodation Requests in Today’s Federal Workplace

Presented by Deryn Sumner, Esq.

Tuesday | September 29, 2026 • 12 - 1:30 p.m. ET

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With the Trump administration's severe restrictions on telework, federal practitioners must now find effective accommodations for employees with disabilities — without relying on remote work as the default solution.

Disability law expert Deryn Sumner will tackle the higher-level accommodation issues practitioners are struggling with most — including a deep dive into current OPM/EEOC guidance on telework as an accommodation, how to identify effective alternatives including leave and reassignment, and when telework or leave might be the only accommodation that makes sense.

You’ll leave with strategies to manage the interactive process to focus on the essential functions of the job and the employee's specific disability-related limitations, plus best practices to:

Assess whether an offered accommodation is truly effective
Respond if an employee refuses to engage in the interactive process
Deal with competing medical information from the employee's and the agency’s physicians
Document accommodation efforts to defend against claims of delay or denial
Establish undue hardship, including whether not complying with the in-person work EO constitutes an undue hardship
And more

Plus, you’ll review recent EEOC decisions finding that an employee was not entitled to telework because other effective accommodations were offered.

Meet Your Trainer

Deryn Sumner, Esq., is a Partner at Gilbert Employment Law, as well as Co-Chair of the firm's Federal Sector EEOC Practice Group. She focuses her practice on representing federal employees and agencies before the EEOC and has worked on hundreds of cases involving claims of employment discrimination on the basis of disability, race, age, religion, retaliation, and other bases. She also has experience representing employees and agencies in cases of whistleblower retaliation and adverse action challenges before the MSPB. Ms. Sumner is the co-author of several books on federal sector employment law.

Who Should Attend

Disability program managers
EEO program officials
EEO directors and civil rights practitioners

EEO specialists
EEO counselors
Attorneys

Agency representatives
HR professionals
Managers

Registration Information Main Site (required for Additional Site registrations): $295 per connection
Additional Site for Teleworker: $115 per connection
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