Master the FMLA: Confidently Manage Complex Regulations and Avoid Legal Risks

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Course Schedule

This 4-hour on-demand training covers:

FMLA Compliance Essentials

You’ll start with an overview of the law, common types of leave and how to determine eligibility and set your calendar year. We’ll fly through this part, leaving time to focus on the trickiest scenarios and pain points. But don’t worry—you’ll have all the slides to refer back to, or to train less experienced HR staff.

Sick, pregnancy, child bonding, military-related leave and other criteria

How to calculate employee eligibility based on years of service and hours worked

Providing the right notices at the right time

Managing unusual situations, such as unconventional family structures and relationships, it could even include siblings

What happens when a holiday surrounds FMLA leave — there’s brand new guidance

Understanding the DOL definition of “child” and “parent” … it's broader than you think!

How do the PWFA and FMLA laws work together/differ in regards to childbirth and recovery

Certifying & Controlling Intermittent Leave

The trickiest and most frequently abused aspect of FMLA is intermittent leave. You’ll master how it works, when it applies, how to manage it and what to do when it isn’t working or is being abused.

Allowable reasons for intermittent leave

How to document and track intermittent certification and when you can demand an immediate recertification

When intermittent leave is a right — and when it isn’t

When intermittent leave means a permanent reduced schedule.

Why you can and should hold those taking intermittent leave to your regular call off and attendance rules.

Managing Accommodations, Preventing Abuse

As the pandemic proved, the FMLA has a lot of loopholes that can be abused, and a lot of restrictions that can shut employees out from taking the time they need. Discover solutions to the complexity of managing leave so everyone benefits—including your organization.

How to respond when employees need additional leave after using up their FMLA & PTO

Coordinating the intersection of ADA reasonable accommodations and FMLA leave

Understanding where the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act fits in the FMLA context - including the possibility of extended postpartum leave

How to spot FMLA leave abuse and what to do when you suspect it

How the EEOC’s new caregiver discrimination guidance fits into FMLA leave

Return to Work

You must return employees to the same or “equivalent” jobs after FMLA. In this final section, you’ll learn the details to create a successful return-to-work program, plus how to address the challenges that come with it, including discharge, ADA impacts and other reinstatement rules.

Discovering poor performance, wrongdoing or even criminal conduct during FMLA absence

How the ADA affects the employee’s return

Documentation and certification necessary for reinstatement

When you can fire a worker out on FMLA

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Course Materials

Tailored course materials and handouts include nearly 200 presentation slides. Don’t worry if you need to go back and refer to specific examples and scenarios—you’ll have that available for whenever you need it and receive specific tools to help you master the FMLA essentials, certify and control intermittent leave, manage accommodations, prevent abuse and handle returns to work.

Samples & Templates

Providing the proper forms is critical to administering FMLA correctly. These samples and templates cover your bases, and are easy to edit and customize for all of your FMLA needs.

Business Management Daily is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDC) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.

This Program has been pre-approved for 3.5 HR (General) credit hours toward aPHR®, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).

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