Sheryl Ellis, a Certified Professional in Human Resources and a recognized expert in Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) stops by to discuss how she helps employees and employers understand how to apply the ADA to a workplace accommo...
Sheryl Ellis, a Certified Professional in Human Resources and a recognized expert in Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) stops by to discuss how she helps employees and employers understand how to apply the ADA to a workplace accommodation situation and how employees can research, request, and negotiate an accommodation with their employer while successfully managing their health condition and being productive employees.
In addition to attending the same high school and college, although a couple of years apart, John and Sheryl discuss their shared but different experience with meningitis while attending Texas Tech University.
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Guest bio & social links: Sheryl Ellis
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Sheryl has more than 25 years of experience in human resources. She is the author of Making It Work: Managing Your Health Condition Through ADA Workplace Accommodations and a recognized expert in Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Sheryl specializes in the following:
• Helping workplaces design ADA-compliant processes
• Workplace ADA accommodations
• Mediating HR and ADA-related issues
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Development
• Leave Management
• Employee relations
• Training and Professional Development
• Performance management
Sheryl has provided HR services in various industries, including nonprofits, communications, IT, hospitality, and manufacturing. She has worked with businesses ranging in size from start-ups to medium-sized companies. Sheryl has taught ADA Compliance Training for employers, employees, law students, vocational rehabilitation counselors, and ADA Coordinators for the ADA National Network, the American Bar Association, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, and private employers. Sheryl has been interviewed on many Podcasts about Workplace Accommodations, including ADA Live! and the World Institute on Disability.
Sheryl is a Certified Professional in Human Resources with expertise in regulations and legal mandates specific to the state of California (PHRca) and a Certified Human Resources Professional (SHRM-CP) through the Society of Human Resources Management. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in business administration from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX, and her master's degree in Dis…
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