2026 DMEC Compliance Conference: Back-to-Office Hot Seat: Live ADA Role-Plays for Real-World Wins

When return-to-office expectations collide with ADA accommodation requests, HR and disability managers must balance policy, productivity, and people. This high-energy, hands-on session drops you into the action with live role-play scenarios that tackle today’s toughest RTO challenges. Rotate through the roles of employee, manager, and HR to reenact real-life requests—immunity concerns, hybrid schedules, ergonomic needs, mental-health barriers, and more—while applying ADA decision-making in real time. Each scenario features guided debriefs, legal insights, and take-home tools like scripts, checklists, and decision trees. You’ll explore the line between legal requirements and creative flexibility, while crowd-powered solutions reveal how peers across industries solve the same challenges. Expect lively discussion, practical tools, and a few “aha” moments you can put to use right away. Whether your accommodation program is well-established or just getting started, you’ll leave ready to turn return-to-office friction into a confident and compliant path forward.