Employees with Cancer: How to Manage ADA, FMLA, Privacy, and Policy Issues

Employees with Cancer Webinar Recording

Your employee has cancer. What do you do?

Last year, there were 1.6 million new cancer cases in the U.S., plus an additional 2 million non-melanoma skin cancer diagnoses. And with these numbers set to rise, it's safe to say you will have an employee, or an employee's family member, fighting this dreaded disease. If the situation weren't difficult enough on a personal level, HR also has to comply with the ADA, FMLA, GINA, and a whole host of privacy laws. And productivity issues come into play when absences become protracted.

That's why it's more important than ever that you're aware of the legal and practical challenges that arise when an employee is diagnosed. Participate in this interactive webinar and learn how to avoid discrimination claims and accommodate your employee, all while meeting organizational needs.

This 90-minute program is packed with the use-it-now tips and policy practices you need to manage in the face of this challenge, including:

• Cancer treatment side effects, physical limitations, treatment schedules, and workplace accommodations, so you know what to expect and how to plan if one of your employees receives this diagnosis
• How to tell if someone with cancer is disabled under the ADA and the documentation you may request
• Types of workplace accommodations that may be necessary, including flexible scheduling for treatments
• When granting too much time off for employees with cancer may be problematic and how to know how much is too much
• How FMLA impacts employees with cancer and those caring for family members with cancer
• When cancer is considered a serious health condition under FMLA
• Documentation required for FMLA leave
• How to deal with performance issues and safety concerns related to cancer patients
• What constitutes medical information for privacy concerns
• How to ensure HIPAA and GINA compliance
• How much information you can legally disclose to supervisors and coworkers
• And much, much more...

In just 90 minutes, you'll gain a complete understanding of which laws and regulations come into play when you're dealing with an employee who has cancer. Register now for this event risk-free

This webinar was recorded on Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Employees with Cancer: How to Manage ADA, FMLA, Privacy, and Policy Issues

About Your Speakers:

Attorney Jonathan R. Mook is a founding partner in the DiMuroGinsberg firm in Alexandria, Virginia. He is a nationally recognized authority on the ADA and has written extensively on the subject, involving two legal treatises: ADA: Employer Rights and Employer Obligations and ADA: Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities. He also lectures nationally on the ADA and other employment law issues, and is a frequent contributor to the Virginia Employment Law Letter.

Alan G. Rosmarin, MD, is chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology, which provides expert diagnosis, treatment and support of cancer patients, as well as extensive research and clinical trials, within the Department of Medicine at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dr. Rosmarin also serves as the deputy director of the UMass Memorial Cancer Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and UMass Memorial.