Leave Law Compliance: How to Master FMLA, ADA, and Workers' Comp Overlap

Leave Law Compliance Webinar Recording

It happens all the time – a problem when various leave laws and workers’ comp rules overlap.

Case I: An Illinois maintenance technician who suffered from depression took family and medical leave for treatment. He used up his leave time before he was released from the treatment center, so his employer terminated him. The employee filed suit against his former organization for failing to engage in the interactive process and provide reasonable accommodation.

Case II: In California, a paralegal filed suit against her employer, claiming it fired her for taking leave to undergo open-heart surgery. The employee, who was diagnosed with a heart disorder months earlier, was granted unpaid leave to undergo the surgery, but later the firm allegedly reneged on the accommodation and terminated her.

Complicated issues like these arise all the time when the line separating employee FMLA rights, applicable workers’ comp coverage, and ADA entitlements isn’t always clear.

HR's 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. That’s where we can help.

Participate in this interactive webinar, and you'll learn:

• What "substantially limited" in the performance of a major life activity means under the ADA
• Real-life scenarios highlighting ADA, FMLA, and workers’ comp interaction
• What to do if an ill or injured worker has exhausted leave and is still unable to return to work
• Telltale signs that your existing leave policies and practices could likely spark claims against your organization
• What you should do to determine if an employee should be granted more time off than he or she is legally entitled to
• The checklist to follow before reassigning, transferring, or terminating an employee protected under federal disability and leave laws
• And much more

In just 90 minutes, you'll learn how to keep your organization in compliance with the latest ADA, FMLA, and workers' comp rules and regulations.

This webinar was recorded on Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Leave Law Compliance: How to Master FMLA, ADA, and Workers' Comp Overlap

About Your Speakers:

Attorney Audra K. Hamilton, Of Counsel with the law firm of GlassWilkin pc in Tulsa, Oklahoma, represents employers in all stages of litigation and administrative matters. She also provides practical advice for real-world problems. Her experience includes representation of employers before federal and state trial courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, state employment security commissions, and arbitrations. She speaks frequently on employment issues, and she is an adjunct professor of employment law at Oklahoma State University.

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.