Join Ford & Harrison attorneys David Hagaman, Raanon Gal and Chris Butler for a full-day FMLA Master Class co-hosted by Ford & Harrison and M. Lee Smith Publishers - editor and publisher of the Georgia Employment Law Letter.
The Family and Medical Leave Act has been a part of the workplace for more than a decade, so it's gotten easier for HR to administer, right? Not so. Confusing regulations, coupled with numerous recent changes at both the legislative and regulatory levels and conflicting court decisions, ensure that FMLA continues to be one of the biggest compliance headaches for employers.
Invest just one day to become even more proficient in FMLA administration and handle top management's and your employees' questions with even greater confidence. You'll get the very latest compliance tactics and you'll enhance your advanced practitioner skill set when you attend this satisfaction-guaranteed event.
You'll learn:
- The latest expansion, so you don't risk noncompliance
- What recent FMLA court decisions really mean, so you can adjust your policies accordingly
- Why FMLA record-keeping continues to trip up even the savviest human resource managers, and effective solutions to avoid similar mistakes
- How to tame the intermittent leave and reduced schedule beasts, and put a stop to abuse and fraud
- How FMLA, ADA, and your state's leave and workers' comp laws overlap, so you don't violate any statute
- What to expect when an employee's expecting, so you can balance your business needs with her personal requirements, all within the spirit and letter of the law
- How to judge a "serious health condition" the way a real judge would, and eliminate disputes about what does and doesn't constitute it
- And more. See your full AGENDA below.