November 6, 2024
90 Minutes
10 AM PT | 01 PM ET

2024 Leave strategies : Tackling FMLA, ADA & Workers’ Comp Excuses


LIVE ONLINE TRAINING COURSE


Suppose one or more of your employees has taken a leave of absence, and your company or department is buckling under the added stress—and you suspect that one or more of those employees may be taking advantage and may not really need family or medical leave – or may even not be entitled to it. What if one or more of your employees asks for intermittent leave? Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Americans with the Disabilities (ADA), Workers’ Compensation, all these laws provide medical leave to take of yourself or your loved ones. They have different guidelines. These three leave law dominate the landscape of leave policy in the United States.   

Leave abuse in the workplace is more common than you thought. Leave abuse is a growing concern for every employers. You may think: oh! it’s not a big deal. But, it is. It occurs when employees misuse or exploit leave policies, including workers’ compensation, sick leave, or family leave such as FMLA, ADA and Workers’ Compensation. Workers’ Compensation is not a law or a medical leave, but it provide financial help to the employee who injures on the workplace or suffer from a work-related illness.  

Administration of continuous leave can be challenging enough. Intermittent leave presents its own administrative challenges. With the continuing pandemic, more employees need or look for time off from work. How do you keep track of everything and ensure that your employees are not abusing their leave? Managing leave whether it’s FMLA, ADA, or Workers’ Comp. has its own hurdles. You can curb employee leave abuse. But how do you do it? Don’t despair! This webinar will help you get a working knowledge of how you can minimize your company’s exposure to employee abuse of family and medical leave – be it under the FMLA, ADA, or workers’ comp or other applicable family and medical leave laws.

SESSION HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Defining Leave Abuse
  • Common Ways Employees Abuse Leave Time
  • Determining Eligibility
  • Using eligibility criteria,
  • Certifications, notice requirements and call-in procedures to manage leave;
  • What about documentation;
  • Reasonable Accommodations under the ADA/ADAAA;
  • Alternatives to leave as tools for curbing FMLA Abuse;
  • Investigations of Suspected Leave Abuse.
  • Intermittent leave;
  • Leave & COVID concerns
  • Legal Défense’s
  • Other tools for curbing leave abuse

Why You Should Attend:

We are living in very turbulent, confusing times. Occasionally you get one or a few employees, who either game the system or who start out with a legitimate leave request but somewhere along the way, start to take advantage. Leave abuse in one way or another will impact your company’s bottom line. Whether immediate or eventual, decreased productivity will be one of the first effects—and decreased productivity usually means decreased revenue.

Often it also leads to lower morale amongst your other employees, which can impact your company’s ability to attract and retain good talent. That too has an impact on your company’s bottom line. Knowing what you do and do not have to do, what your employees are and are not entitled to regarding family medical leave, when you are faced with multiple leave requests is your first line of Défense to leave abuse, or allegations of FMLA, ADA and Workers’ Comp violations. The different, potentially, overlapping laws can be confusing to even the most seasoned HR practitioners or employers. Join us and gain some tools for untangling the web.

This class will offer you an insight on how to deal with these leave acts (FMLA, ADA, and Workers’ Comp.). What is Workers’ Compensation Insurance. How does the leave policy or workers’ compensation policy works. This class will shed light on the requirements for workers’ compensation policy along with the FMLA guidelines and ADA guidelines. How can you manage FMLA Leave/ ADA Leave/ Workers’ Compensation. Particularly Workers’ comp and how does it work?   

Who Should Attend:

  • Business Owners
  • H.R. Managers and Directors
  • H.R. Generalists
  • Leave Administrators
  • Benefits Administrator
  • CEO’s
  • Senior Managers
  • Front-Line and Middle Managers

During the Q&A session following the live event, ask a question, and get a direct response from our expert speaker.

Important Notice for our “Live” Attendees: If you have enrolled in the “Live Webinar”, you will get your instruction kit before 24 hours of the live class.

For Recorded and E-transcript Participants: If you have signed up for the “Recorded” class or for the “E-transcript”, you will get access to the “Recording link” or the “PDF” within 24-48 hours of the live class.

Janette Levey Frisch, Founder of The EmpLAWyerologist Firm, has over 20 years of legal experience, more than 10 of which she has spent in Employment Law. It was during her tenure as sole in-house counsel for a mid-size staffing company headquartered in Central New Jersey, with operations all over the continental US, that she truly developed her passion for Employment Law.