While the purpose of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is an upstanding one, an unintended league of employees grow under its cover – permanent part-timers receiving the benefits of a full-time worker. While the number of employees abusing FMLA are difficult to ascertain, a 2014 survey by Littler Mendelson found that 69 percent of executives were concerned about FMLA abuse within their organization. Today, excessive and fraudulent leave matters are some of the most challenging for employers to manage.
How can organizations deal with FMLA abuse and excessive use concerns? How can organizations accommodate employees with serious medical conditions and legitimate work limitations while keeping FMLA abusers at bay? There are number of tools an organization can use including second and third opinions, and recertification– but one of the most effective and efficient tools is the Disability Interactive Process.
Learn how to use Rachel's straight forward and field-tested Disability Interactive Process Hallway to improve attendance and curb unnecessary leave.
In this session, you will learn how to:
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Rachel Shaw
President and Principal Consultant
Shaw HR Consulting, Incorporated
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Rachel Shaw is the President and Principal Consultant of Shaw HR Consulting, Incorporated. With 20 years of executive-level Human Resources experience, Rachel is recognized nationwide as a leader in helping public and private sector employers manage their most challenging personnel issues. Rachel and her team provide comprehensive solutions to employers on how to successfully manage the interconnected roles of human resources, workers’ compensation and disability compliance to successfully reduce litigation, the costs of claims and improve employee-employer relations throughout the process.
Rachel is known nationally as the authority on how to implement and manage the FEHA/ADA Disability Interactive Process for candidates and employees. Her trainings and seminars are highly anticipated by Human Resource and Risk Management professionals as informative, dynamic and packed with real-life practical solutions. She is author of the industry best-selling and award-winning book, “The Disabled Workforce: What the ADA Never Anticipated.”
Rachel served as the Director of Human Resources for the City of Oxnard and prior to that was the Human Resources Director for the Montebello Unified School District. She is a graduate of Brown University and later earned a Master of Business Administration from Colorado State University.