Six Ways Your Managers are Causing FMLA/ADA Leave Lawsuits, and How to Train Them to Stop

2018 Annual Conference & Exposition

You will learn proven ways to train managers in order to prevent FMLA and ADA lawsuits.

Over the past year alone, a number of employers have been forced to defend FMLA and ADA lawsuits due simply to an inappropriate comment from a supervisor or other deviation from corporate policy by a manager. A snide comment about an employee in an email, not recognizing FMLA leave or asking an employee to work while on leave are all common causes for landing you in legal hot water. Despite an organization's best policies (and intentions), all it takes is a new or untrained manager to cause an FMLA or ADA-related lawsuit. You will learn:

How managers are undermining an employer's defense of an FMLA and ADA lawsuit, and how to identify the risk factors.
Where to look for the most common pitfalls in how managers handle FMLA and ADA leave through in-depth discussion of scenarios and related cases.
Constructive methods you can use to train managers in the process of both FMLA and ADA leaves.
Key questions to ask when considering outsourcing of FMLA or ADA leave administration to address these scenarios.

Date(s) & Time(s):

Monday, June 18, 2018 - 7:00am to 8:15am

Presenter:

Matt Morris

VP of FMLASource

ComPsych Corporation

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As vice president of FMLASource, Matt is responsible for ComPsych’s FMLA and ADA compliance programs. An employment lawyer by background, Matt has more than 10 years of experience working with employers’ FMLA and ADA administration.

Matt is a frequent speaker on FMLA, state leaves, the ADA and compliance challenges regarding leaves of absence. He was invited by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to participate in a roundtable discussion about FMLA and authored a response to the DOL’s proposed FMLA regulations which was cited 38 times by the DOL in the final rule.

Prior to his work in FMLA administration, Matt practiced employment law representing both employees and management in employment litigation, and counseling clients on compliance with federal, state and local laws. He received his bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and his J.D. from The University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, Mich.

SESSIONS:

Jeff Nowak

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Franczek Radelet

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Jeff Nowak is partner and co-chair of the Labor and Employment practice group at Chicago-based law firm Franczek Radelet P.C. Jeff is widely recognized as one of the nation’s foremost FMLA and ADA experts, regularly counseling clients on compliance with FMLA and ADA regulations, conducting FMLA/ADA audits and training, and successfully litigating FMLA and ADA lawsuits. Jeff also is the author of the highly-regarded FMLA Insights blog, which helps employers administer FMLA leave and manage the most difficult FMLA issues. When not practicing law, Jeff coaches his sons’ little league and travel baseball teams and serves on the Board of Directors for Marist High School, a Catholic college-preparatory school on Chicago’s southwest side and Jeff’s alma mater.

SESSIONS:

Location:

S401

Amount of Credit:

1.25

Credit Type:

•SHRM PDCs

Session Type:

Concurrent Session

Competency:

HR Expertise

Critical Evaluation

Intended Audience:

Mid-Level

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