Sessions

Concurrent Session
Managing Employee Absences and Accommodation Requests Under the ADA and FMLA
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
Monday 03/11/2013 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM   Add to calendar
1.50 HR Credit | Competencies: Business Acumen, Consultation | Intended Audience: Mid-Level
Workplace Application:
Managing Employee Absences and Accommodation Requests Under the ADA and FMLA 

Workplace Application: Learn how to handle employee attendance issues and requests for reasonable accommodations pursuant to laws and regulations governing family and medical leave and disabilities. Employers are understandably focused on productivity, but their options for managing employee absences and accommodations are limited by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). With the expansion of the ADA by the 2008 Amendments and the 2010 EEOC regulations, employers must be extremely careful, even as more organizations offer flexible time and teleworking. This program outlines:

  • FMLA and ADA compliance—what the law requires, allows, and prohibits
  • Best practices and recommended policies for handling employee absences and accommodation requests
  • Who is protected
  • Proper procedures and forms to use
  • How to evaluate requests for unpaid leave, schedule changes, teleworking, transfers, and other accommodations
  • How to limit abuses by employees
  • Actions that violate the ADA and FMLA, including retaliation Permitted defenses to charges brought under the ADA and FMLA.
Lawrence P.  Postol Photo
Presenter:
Lawrence P. Postol, Partner,
Seyfarth Shaw LLP