When you need to terminate an employee on leave, your hands are tied – until now.

You’ve got the documentation. Your ducks are in a row. You have everything you need to terminate an employee. Then he or she goes go on leave – now that employee is in a protected class.

It seems as though there’s virtually nothing you can do until they return to work — and sometimes not even then. Essentially, your plans are on hold. Or are they?

This eye-opening CD sheds light on one of the hottest legal issues today – legally terminating employees on leave.

Get a legal update on the dos and don’ts behind firing an employee on workers' compensation and other leave.

When one of your employees is on leave, you’re dealing with lost productivity, missed deadlines, stress and tension among your employees who are picking up the slack. You have a lot on your plate, and dealing with a bunch of legal redtape doesn’t make it easier.

This quick-hitting training makes it easy to get the information you need to legally terminate employees on leave. You’ll get up-to-the-minute information on legal hot spots such as workers' compensation, FMLA and ADA. You’ll learn firsthand when you can and can’t terminate under these laws.

Enroll now and avoid making a mistake that could land you in hot water.

When one minor slip-up (unintentional or not) can land you in legal hot water, you must have the information you need to protect yourself and your organization. In short, you need this can’t-miss training.

A Look at Your Agenda:

• Legal review of laws affecting employees
• Employment-at-will
• Statues
• Common law
• Public policy
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Overview of ADA
• Leave and nondiscrimination stipulations of ADA
• When you can discipline or discharge under ADA
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Overview of FMLA
• Leave and nondiscrimination stipulations of FMLA
• When you can discipline or discharge under FMLA
• Workers’ compensation
• Activity protected by WC status
• Activity that is protected by WC statutes – circumstances when you can discipline or discharge an employee
• Understanding how these laws interact
• Tips on managing your team when an employee is on protected leave

About Your Trainer: Jodie-Beth Galos, Esq.
Jodie-Beth Galos is widely regarded by organizations large and small alike as an employment-law expert with a solid handle on the legal challenges that today’s managers face in the workplace. She has extensive experience coaching and training business managers, and she has an impressive 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 is regularly featured on CNBC and CNN, and in the New York Post and The National Employment Business Weekly. She is a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University and she received a J.D. from Boston University School of Law.