EMPLOYER ALERT!
Federal jury awards $11.6 million in damages for emotional distress to hospital maintenance worker on FMLA claim
HR professionals continue to suffer from chronic headaches brought on by FMLA
dilemmas. A recent Department of Labor survey indicates that over 35% of
employers are still facing difficult challenges in administering the FMLA. And
employers who stay in the dark about critical compliance issues are paying a
high price, as the headline above and other recent cases highlighted in this
session will prove. Join Council and a leading employment law attorney for an
intensive and interactive hour presentation that will provide you with the
practical knowledge and tools you need to stay in compliance and solve your FMLA
challenges.
- How to prevent the most common FMLA blunders: Update on the latest cases
addressing employers' FMLA obligations, "serious health conditions" and
personal liability of managers
- Best practices to aggressively curtail employee abuse of the FMLA: Recent
court cases arming employers with the weapons to attack this problem
- Find out why a federal jury recently awarded $11.6 million to a veteran
hospital maintenance worker for emotional distress on an FMLA claim
- Understanding an employer's right to terminate an employee out on FMLA
leave
- Solutions to continuing intermittent leave challenges: Coping with
frequent and unscheduled leave
- Critical guidelines for managing FMLA medical records, certifications and
second opinions: New HIPAA medical privacy rules
- DOL update on increasing claims of FMLA violations and how enforcement
efforts are paying off
- Examining the DOL's proposed revisions to FMLA regulations responding to
the Supreme Court's Ragsdale decision and other cases across the
country challenging the validity of the FMLA regs
- Recent Supreme Court case ruling leaving states open to litigation under
the FMLA
- Should an employee's sudden behavioral change be considered "notice" to
the employer of the need for FMLA leave? You may be surprised to find out what
a federal appeals court said
- Clarification on returning reservists right to FMLA leave under USERRA
- Status of the proposed FMLA legislation
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