Thank you for registering for the Employee Leave Workshop. Below are links to the PowerPoint presentations, plus links to additional materials – articles, special reports, etc. – that provide you with more advice on the topics presented at the workshop:

 

Agenda and Speaker Info

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9

 

1:00 – 1:50 pm ET:

Surviving the Bermuda Triangle of FMLA, ADA, and Workers’ Comp

• PowerPoint slides
• Employee Leave Library: PDFs of five mini books on Absenteeism, FMLA Intermittent Leave, Pregnancy Leave, Vacation Scheduling, and Workers Comp (PDF booklets)
• ADA: The Limits of Accommodation  (article)
• What Managers Need to Know about the ADA (article)
• Returning from FMLA: Employees' Right to Reinstatement (article)

 

1:50 – 2:30 pm ET:

Pregnancy & Parenting: Best Practices and Legal Accommodations for Moms and Dads

• PowerPoint slides
• Pregnancy & maternity leave: A legal guide and sample policy (article)
• Pregnant Employees: Answers to Your 20 Toughest Legal Questions (article)

 

2:45 – 3:30 pm ET:

Managing Intermittent Leave

• PowerPoint slides
• Managing FMLA Intermittent Leave (22-page special report)
• How to Wipe Out Fraud and Abuse Under FMLA (article)

 

3:45 – 4:30 pm ET:

The Language of Leave: Updating Your Employee Handbook

• PowerPoint slides
• Sample Policies: Sick Leave
• Modernize Your Employee Handbook with this Simple Checklist (article)
• FMLA retaliation: What Employers Need to Know (article)

 

 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10

 

1:00 – 1:50 pm ET:

Paid Family and Medical Leave: The New Frontier

• PowerPoint slides
• Paid Leave provision in the House-approved Build Back Better bill, explained (article)

 

1:50 – 2:30 pm ET:

FMLA: Certification and Calendar Essentials

• PowerPoint slides
• The FMLA Calendar: 4 methods to counting an ‘FMLA Year’ (article)
• The Essential Guide to FMLA certification (article)
• What’s Up Doc? How to Collect Medical Info Under FMLA Rules? (article)
• FMLA: Notification Requirements (article)

 

2:45 – 3:30 pm ET:

Grant Leave … or Terminate?

• PowerPoint slides
• Can an Employee be Terminated While on Medical Leave? (article)
• Firing on FMLA: How to Legally Let Someone Go While on Leave (article)
• How to Terminate Employees Who Have Been Out on Workers’ Comp (article)

3:45 – 4:30 pm ET:

From Leave to a Lawsuit: Employee Mistakes and the Lessons Learned

• PowerPoint slides
• The top 10 FMLA Mistakes that Regularly Trip Up Employers (article)
• Under 50 Employees? How FMLA could apply to you regardless (article)

 

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