Ensure your organization maintains compliance with employment laws.
This course will discuss common scenarios and pitfalls to avoid when managing employee absences and the complex interaction between the FMLA, ADA, and state-paid sick leave programs. Finally, we will discuss how to handle common workplace conduct scenarios as well as how and where training can best be incorporated. You will leave the program with a better understanding of how to ensure your organization maintains compliance with employment laws.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to identify which leaves are protected and the interplay between your policies and procedures.
- You will be able to review your policies for compliance.
- You will be able to discuss with your supervisors how to address leave questions and discipline employees on leave.
- You will be able to develop a termination plan that will mitigate the risk associated with a termination.
Agenda
What Leaves Are Protected?
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Workers Compensation/Disability
- Don’t Forget State and Local Laws!
Managing Multiple Leave Laws and Requirements
- The Bermuda Triangle - ADA/FMLA and WC Interplay
- State and Local Paid Leaves
- Pregnancy Leaves
- Discretionary Leaves of Absence
Mitigating the Risk
- It All Starts With the Position Description.
- The Importance of Supervisor Training.
- Discipline, Documentation and the Performance Review.
- Risk Analysis Roundup and Severance Agreements.
Speakers
Julie A. Proscia, Esq.,
SmithAmundsen LLC- Equity Partner in the office of Amundsen Davis, LLC who has been practicing for over twenty years
- Practice emphasizes all aspects of Labor & Employment, Public and Private Sectors
- Prolific national speaker on numerous topics, including supervisor training, wage & hour compliance, and independent contractor issues
- Author of several publications related to the areas of gender identity issues and changes in the workplace, minimizing risk in employment interviews, sexual harassment in both public and private sector issues, biometrics/data privacy issues, and NLRB trends and updates
- Member of the Illinois Senate Task Force on Sexual Discrimination and Harassment Awareness, has been selected to the Illinois Super Lawyers List for multiple years, Selected to the Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars List, and recognized as 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch
Who Should Attend
This live webinar is designed for human resource managers, benefits and payroll administrators, personnel managers, business owners and managers, controllers, and attorneys.
