Surviving the Alphabet Jungle: Coordinating FMLA, ADA, Workers' Comp and Other Paid Leaves

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As the cost of benefits continues to rise and laws such as the FMLA are expanded, employers must find ways of coordinating their benefits programs. One way to achieve substantial savings is to integrate leave policies and programs. The place to start is by understanding the different purposes and requirements of the various leave laws—including the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), state and federal Family and Medical Leave laws (FMLA), workers’ compensation statutes, and short and long-term disability insurance. Then you can begin to reduce costly overlapping and duplication. This task is both taxing and complicated.

 

 
Learn the strategies you need to identify and avoid potential problems in designing leave programs and in handling employee leave requests in an exclusive interactive audio conference featuring Burt Fishman, recognized as one the nation’s leading authorities on the FMLA and the ADA. Called on by the nation’s business and human resource communities to comment on the new FMLA and ADA, Mr. Fishman has taken a leading role nationally in advising the business community on the impact of the ADA. He is the author of The ADA: Ten Years After, HR Guide to Employee Management; The HR Question and Answer Book; Workplace Privacy; and Workplace Accommodations for Disability and Religion.
 
Benefits of Attending:
·          Overview of the laws affecting employee leave                    
·          How the requirements of the leave laws – ADA, FMLA, and workers’ comp – interact, including what constitutes [missing word] and how to manage paid leave vs. unpaid leave
·          Issues that should be addressed in leave policies
·          Scenarios that will include common problems faced by employers, mistakes they sometimes make, and the corrections to those mistakes
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Burton J. Fishman has devoted his practice to developing the “law of the workplace,” an interdisciplinary approach that offers employers counsel and representation on a broad range of matters growing out of government regulation of business. He was recognized in 2007 as a Washington SuperLawyer in the labor and employment field by Washington Law & Politics magazine. His experience extends to the full spectrum of employment and labor matters, ranging from employment discrimination, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), affirmative action, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to wrongful termination. In recent years, Mr. Fishman has taken a leading role nationally in advising the business community on the impact of the ADA, sexual harassment, and the evolving law of genetic discrimination, on the last of which he has frequently testified before Congress on behalf of the employer community. He has represented clients throughout the nation in proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, and in arbitrations and courts at all levels.

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