FMLA, ADA, and Workers' Comp Overlap: Overcoming New Compliance Conflicts

FMLA, ADA, and Workers' Comp Overlap Webinar Recording

Let's say you’ve got a pregnant employee who experiences complications. She’s entitled to FMLA leave because her condition is serious enough to be protected. But is she also entitled to leave as an accommodation under the ADA? And if so, how much leave is she entitled to in total?

Scenario II: An employee claims workers’ comp and is unable to return to work, with or without accommodation, for several months. What are your options?

Complicated issues like these arise all the time when the line separating employee FMLA rights, applicable workers’ comp coverage, and their rights under the ADA isn’t always clear. Employer rights and obligations can get murky, and it’s imperative that you know how to determine precisely what you can and can't do when facing the treacherous triangle of disability and leave laws. 

When you participate in this interactive webinar, you'll learn:

• Which federal leave laws apply in which situations -- and in what order to apply them
• How to determine when leave laws run consecutively or concurrently -- or a combination of the two
• What to do when an ill or injured worker has exhausted all leave and is still unable to return to work
• How the recently enacted ADAAA affects your obligations under FMLA following an employee absence due to illness or a workers’ comp-covered injury
• When you should consider granting employees more time off than they’re legally entitled to
• How to document your actions in a legally defensible way when you must reassign, transfer, or terminate a protected employee
• Real-life scenarios highlighting the interaction between ADA, FMLA, and workers’ comp leaves
• Best practices for making sure your company’s leave policies and practices won’t land you in court

By participating in this can't-miss event, you'll learn what you MUST do to keep your organization in compliance with the latest ADA, FMLA, and workers' comp rules and regulations. 

This webinar was recorded on Monday, December 12, 2011

FMLA, ADA, and Workers' Comp Overlap: Overcoming New Compliance Conflicts

About Your Speaker:

Attorney Peter Gillespie is Of Counsel in the Chicago office of Fisher & Phillips LLP. He represents and counsels management on a wide array of employment law-related issues, including workplace discrimination and harassment, covenants not to compete, wage and hour laws, retaliation, hiring, promotion and dismissal decision-making, workplace privacy, genetics-based discrimination, data retention, compensation, fraud, defamation, occupational health and safety issues, and statutory compliance. He provides employers with strategic advice to help meet their objectives while reducing potential litigation risks where possible.