This presentation will follow a hypothetical employee's stress-aggravated condition through the course of employment and discuss the various FEHA/ADA, Interactive Process and accommodation requirements affecting such employees.

All new attendees will receive a free PIHRA coffee cup.

The program will be facilitated by Joseph T. Ortiz

Joseph T. Ortiz is an attorney in Best Best & Krieger LLP’s Labor and Employment practice group in the Riverside office. An experienced trial lawyer, Mr. Ortiz has successfully tried employment matters before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, and arbitration tribunals on claims of all types.

Mr. Ortiz's experience includes the representation of private and municipal employers in employment matters of all kinds, such as claims of wrongful termination, claims of discrimination and harassment and related claims of fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of implied employment contract, interference with prospective economic advantage, unfair competition, breach of contract, civil rights, and the various forms of unfair business practices. Mr. Ortiz has also represented management before federal and state administrative agencies including the NLRB, PERB, EEOC, DFEH, U.S. Department of Labor, DLSE, State Labor Commissioner, and, in limited instances, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.

Mr. Ortiz also provides employers a variety of services including drafting employee handbooks, employment and severance agreements, consultant agreements, independent contractor agreements, and employment policies of all types; providing in-house training on sexual and other types of harassment; and providing consultation on all types of employment discrimination, wage and hour issues, affirmative action, and sensitivity and diversity concerns.

Mr. Ortiz recently taught employment law as an adjunct professor at the University of California, Riverside extension program.

Education

• University of Minnesota, J.D. (2001)
• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), B.A.

Bar Admissions

• California (2002)

 Mr. Ortiz also provides employers a variety of services including drafting employee handbooks, employment and severance agreements, consultant agreements, independent contractor agreements, and employment policies of all types; providing in-house training on sexual and other types of harassment; and providing consultation on all types of employment discrimination, wage and hour issues, affirmative action, and sensitivity and diversity concerns.

Mr. Ortiz recently taught employment law as an adjunct professor at the University of California, Riverside extension program.