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Employees abusing the leave policy can severely impact the organizational culture and productivity. Our upcoming webinar discusses how to prevent abuse of employee leave by dealing tactically with excuses and investigating suspected leave abuse under FMLA, ADA and Workers’ Comp . The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          Defining leave abuse under FMLA and ADA and common ways employees abuse leave time ·          Certifications, notice requirements and documentation ·          Investigations of suspected leave abuse under FMLA and ADA LEARNING OBJECTIVES Learn how to prevent abuse of employee leave by dealing tactically with excuses and investigating suspected leave abuse under FMLA, ADA and Workers’ Comp. The webinar discusses many other aspects of employee leaves like overlapping laws, intermittent leaves, certifications and more. WHO ...

Family and medical leave act OVERVIEW This webinar will help you get a working knowledge of how you can minimize your company’s exposure to employee abuse of family and medical leave – be it under the FMLA,ADA,orworkers’comp or other applicable family and medical leave laws. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND Suppose one or more of your employees has taken a leave of absence, and your company or department is buckling under the added stress—and you suspect that one or more of those employees may be taking advantage, and may not really be in need of family or medical leave – or may even not be entitled to it. What if one or more of your employees asks for intermittent leave? Administration of continuous leave can be challenging enough. Intermittent leave presents its own administrative challenges. How do you keep track of everything and prevent abuse of employee leaves?  You can curb employee leave abuse. But how do you do it? Don’t despair! AREAS COVERED Defining leave ...

OVERVIEW Rare is the employer who hasn’t encountered a thorny employee leave issue.  Many employers assume that an employee who isn’t eligible for FMLA leave does not have job protection.  But the FMLA is not the only federal law that could provide employees job-protected leave.  TheAmericans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) require employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities so that they can perform the essential functions of their jobs—and a leave of absence may very well be such a reasonable accommodation. Employees who sustain a work-related injury may be eligible for time off from work under workers’ compensation laws. Often two or more of these laws may apply at the same time, or consecutively. The potential for overlap, not to mention administrative headaches and the impact on your company’s bottom line seems to increase exponentially. These three seemingly ...