Overview:

Few employers can say they have never had challenges with leave of absence issues. The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires covered employers to allow eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid job-protected leave and benefits to care for their own or a family member’s serious health condition. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) require employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities so that they can perform the essential functions of their jobs—and a leave of absence may very well be such a reasonable accommodation.

An FMLA-eligible employee may also be protected under the ADA/ADAAA, and therefore qualify for an extended leave of absence –beyond the FMLA’s 12-week maximum. If that’s not enough when you have employees who are eligible for time off from work under workers’ compensation laws, the potential for overlap. Not to mention administrative headaches and the impact on your company’s bottom line seems to increase exponentially. In the wake of the COVID pandemic, these laws (as well as applicable state and local laws) have become an even greater presence in employers’ and leave administrators’ work lives.

What will You Learn:

• The difference between someone with a “Serious Health Condition” under the FMLA and a “qualified individual with a disability” under the ADA/ADAAA.
• Use of medical inquiries to determine coverage under the FMLA and the ADA/ADAAA
• Notification requirements under FMLA and ADA/ADAAA
• Reinstatement requirements under FMLA and ADA/ADAAA
• Situations where the FMLA and ADA/ADAAA may Overlap
• Intermittent Leave requests under FMLA and the ADA/ADAAA
• Terminating an employee who has exhausted FMLA Leave time without running afoul of the ADA/ADAAA
• Documentation and Meeting Guidelines
• Case laws and/or Emerging Issues.
• Best Practices

Why You Should Attend:

This webinar helps to unravel the tangled web of overlapping employee leave laws. We’ll help you alleviate concerns about administrative headaches, employee leave abuse, negative impact on your bottom line on one end, and the risk of non-compliance with FMLA, ADA, and workers comp. Also, this webinar focuses on the eligibility/coverage criteria under the FMLA and the ADA/ADA and workers comp, undue hardship,  reasonable accommodation and significance of the process of the interactive process, handling leave requesting based on ADA and FMLA, and whatnot.

Who Should Attend:

• Human Resources Professionals
• Compensation & Benefit Professionals
• Compliance professionals
• Payroll Professionals
• Managers & Supervisors
• All Employees & Staff
• Executives
• Managers and Supervisors
• Risk Managers
• Benefit Specialists
• Supervisors
• Business Owners
• General Managers
• HIPAA Officer
• Privacy Officer
• Health Information Manager
• Healthcare Counsel/lawyer