Coordinating FMLA, ADA and Workers' Compensation

Date:	Thursday, June 5
Time:	8:00 AM continental breakfast & registration, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Location:	Prestonwood Country Club map
Cost:	No charge
Register:	Seminar Registration

It's difficult enough to comply with the mandates of FMLA, ADA and workers' compensation by themselves - but it is not uncommon for an employee to be protected simultaneously by more than one of these laws. In fact, complying with one of these laws may mean that you're violating another! Many seminar providers claim to address these coordination issues, when in fact most just compare and contrast the laws. Our seminar directly addresses the contradictions and helps you actually navigate through what many have called the "Bermuda Triangle" of human resources administration.

What attendees will learn:

• The challenging contradictions presented by FMLA's leave entitlement and the ADA's mandate for reasonable accommodation, and how to manage them.
• How to avoid a compliance "blind spot" regarding the FMLA's alternative position rule when a disabled employee takes intermittent leave under the FMLA.
• What the EEOC says about an employee's request for FMLA leave - should you consider it a request for ADA accommodation, or would that presumption be discriminatory?
• How to avoid ADA medical certification pitfalls when requiring certification related to FMLA leave.
• How a contradiction between the FMLA's job restoration rules and the ADA's reasonable accommodation rules may present a compliance problem after it's too late to fix it - and how to proactively manage the situation so it doesn't become a problem for your organization.
• Why at the end of an employee's 12 weeks of FMLA leave your compliance responsibilities may have only just begun - and how to ensure you're "covering all the bases" you need to cover.
• Under what circumstances the EEOC may require that you place a disabled employee in a position ahead of a more qualified non-disabled employee.
• The challenging benefit quagmire presented when an employee is entitled to FMLA leave for a workers' compensation situation for which light-duty work is identified - we'll cover the disclosures you need to make to the employee that aren't described in the DOL's FMLA regs!
• The apparent contradiction between FMLA rules on light-duty assignments and alternative positions that is especially prevalent with workers' compensation situations-and how to resolve it.
• FMLA's little-known restoration rule with light-duty assignments that often applies in workers' compensation situations, and how it can help your organization.
• The little-known DOL rule that many employers unknowingly violate regarding FMLA, workers' compensation, and other paid leave benefits, and how this may change under new proposed FMLA regulations from the DOL.
• How to navigate "the waters" when an employee is protected by all three laws simultaneously - we'll give you the compliance checklist you need!
• Challenging issues with FMLA and COBRA, and FMLA and cafeteria plans that can leave the uneducated HR/benefits professional gasping - we'll give you the "life preserver" you need to keep your head above the Bermuda Triangle waters!

As with all of our compliance programs, this seminar will focus on real-life, practical application issues, and not legal minutiae. Our goal is for participants to understand how to comply and be able to immediately apply what is learned. Attendees will receive a seminar manual and compliance reference that includes comprehensive cross-referencing to regulations, specific and helpful guidance from the DOL, EEOC and IRS, and key Internet links to other resources. This manual is not only a great learning tool during the seminar, but is also a tremendously valuable working resource.

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For more information, please call 214-466-1248.