This webinar training course will assist California employers navigate the sometimes turbulent waters of successfully addressing and managing the issues afoot when an employee is expecting. The Instructor will share practical methods of evaluating pregnancy accommodation request, ensuring a pregnant employee receives entitled leave and tips for ensuring a smooth return-to-work.
This course will familiarise the participants all the legal and operational compliance and regulation related to pregnancy.
What it means to be 'disabled” by pregnancy;
Effectively evaluating requests for pregnancy accommodation;
Examples of types of potential reasonable accommodations;
When to engage in a timely, good-faith interactive process;
Required employment notices for pregnant employees;
Ensuring a pregnant employee receives entitled leave;
Tips for ensuring a smooth return-to-work;
Key compliance requirements concerning lactation/milk expression;
Payroll staff and executives,
Why Should You Attend:
California is at the forefront in developing laws which protect the status of pregnant women in the workplace. California law expands further than federal law when it comes to the protection of pregnant women and conditions relating to pregnancy. They have at least four separate pieces of legislation unique to California which address the leave and accommodation needs of pregnant and new mothers.This course will familiarise the participants all the legal and operational compliance and regulation related to pregnancy.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
Topics to steer clear of during the recruiting phase and beyond;What it means to be 'disabled” by pregnancy;
Effectively evaluating requests for pregnancy accommodation;
Examples of types of potential reasonable accommodations;
When to engage in a timely, good-faith interactive process;
Required employment notices for pregnant employees;
Ensuring a pregnant employee receives entitled leave;
Tips for ensuring a smooth return-to-work;
Key compliance requirements concerning lactation/milk expression;
- How to appropriately discipline a pregnant employee or new mom who isn't; meeting performance expectations; and
- Tips for maintaining smart, defensible documentation that you'll need in the event of a lawsuit.
Who Will Benefit:
Human Resources staff and executives,Payroll staff and executives,
- General Counsel
- Human Resource Managers
- Administration
- Risk Managers
- Benefit Specialists
- Supervisors
- Business Owners
- General Managers
- Controllers/CFOs/Financial Managers
Course Provider
Jacquiline M Wagner,
