FMLA, ADA & Workers Comp - Crafting Policies and Procedures for Managing Employee Leave

Buy the complete series - "FMLA , ADA/ADAAA and Workers Comp - Laws, Leave Abuse and Crafting Policies for Leave Management"

Why Should You Attend:

The complexity and ever-changing landscape of FMLA, the ADA, workers comp and state employee leave laws is challenging for any employer to decrypt. Understanding which laws apply, properly administer leave, minimize leave abuse and crafting effective policies and procedures that staff can easily follow so your company stays ahead of the curve is critical. Every employer, manager, executive, be they in life sciences, banking, pharmaceutical, medical device, manufacturing or any other industry is susceptible to leave interference claims by employees, state and federal agencies and also to employee leave abuse.

This webinar is Part 3 in our series on Employee Leave.

• Life Science or Non-Life Science - Oh My! FMLA, ADA and Workers' Comp Overlap Guidance for all Employers, we explored the major employee leave laws, FMLA, ADA and workers’ comp, how they often overlap, and how to deal with that overlap.
• Leave Abuse under FMLA, ADA and Workers’ Comp: How Employers Can Deal with the Most Outrageous Excuses, we focused on leave abuse, specifically how to recognize and minimize the risk of employee leave abuse.

This webinar pulls together materials covered in the previous two webinars and helps you determine best practices to implement within your company or organization.

Learning Objectives:

• Creating and retaining records to maximize employee leave policy effectiveness
• Using call-in, attendance and vacation/sick leave policies to augment employee leave policies
• Practices to include in your policies to minimize leave abuse before and during leave
• Monitoring and investigating leave
• Return to work issues
• Termination/Discipline
• Best Practices and more

Click Here to know the Detailed General Course Outline

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

1. Intro/Overview
2. Some Preliminaries
1. Records and Record Retention;
1. Employee records: start dates, previous leaves taken, attendance and punctuality, prior discipline.
2. Previous accommodations requested, accommodations given.
2. Call-in Policies
3. Attendance Policies
4. Paid sick days, paid vacation days
5. Determine Chain of Command:
1. Who will administer employee leave?
2. To whom will the leave administrator report or bring questions?
3. Training managers on chain of command issues and questions.
3. Policies for determining type of leave and eligibility;
1. FMLA/notification/Inquiries
1. Designation notice
2. Certification, re-certification issues;
1. 2nd and 3rd opinions;
2. Timeframes
3. Fitness for duty certification issues.
2. ADA
1. Determining eligibility;
2. Notification;
3. Inquiries
4. Interactive process;
1. Determining reasonableness of request;
Exploring alternatives;
• Transfer, reassignment, light duty
3. Workers’ Comp
1. State law
2. Reporting injuries
3. Medical treatment and inquiries;
4. Exploring light duty option;
4. During Leave:
1. Procedures for Monitoring Leave:
1. Communicating with employee;
2. Re-Certification;
2. Practices/Procedures for Investigation
3. Termination/Discipline
5. Return to work issues
1. Transfer/Reassignment/Light Duty
2. Reinstatement?
6. Best Practices

Who Will Benefit:

• CEO’s, COO’s CFOs
• Department Managers or Directors
• Supervisors
• Business Owners and Employers
• HR Practitioners,
• Leave Administrators
• Benefits Administrators
• Payroll and accounting managers
• Payroll processing professionals
• Human Resources Directors, Managers and Specialists

Instructor Profile:

Janette Levey Frisch, founder of The EmpLAWyerologist Firm, is an employment/HR attorney with over 20 years’ legal experience. Ms. Frisch is a legal wellness professional for employment practices and workforce challenges. She works with employers to craft solid employment practices wellness plans tailored to address a company’s needs and concerns. Ms. Frisch offers consultations and legal services on virtually all federal and NJ and NY state employment law issues.

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