You’ll learn …
- FMLA — an overview of the law
- Understanding who is covered by FMLA and who is not protected
- FMLA leave types: Continuous, reduced-schedule, intermittent leave
- Your organization’s obligations for continuing benefits under
FMLA leave
- Rolling 12 weeks — not annual 12 weeks: time off parameters
under FMLA
- Paid vs. unpaid leave
- What's the relationship between FMLA, ADA, workers' compensation, and state law?
- The 3 types of employee absences
- Bonafide predictable absences
- Bonafide unpredictable absences
- Questionable absences / performance problems
- Handling angry or impatient managers: Personal liability issues
- Documenting intermittent leave under FMLA
- Health-care provider certification and recertification requirements
- Tracking intermittent leave
- Impact on attendance policies and transfers: Maintenance of employment status
- Separate disciplinary actions from leave issues: Avoiding retaliation
- Why communications are key
About Your Trainer: Jodie-Beth Galos, Esq., SPHR
Jodie-Beth Galos is widely regarded by organizations large and small as an employment law expert who has an uncanny talent for taking complex compliance
issues and presenting them in easy-to-understand terms. Galos has an extensive background in employment law, having practiced with two nationally known law firms before moving into corporate positions at Shearson Lehman/American Express and Saks
Fifth Avenue.
Galos holds a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law. She is regularly featured on CNBC,
CNN, and in Money Magazine and The
National Employment Business Weekly.
