It’s been a big year for disability and family leave laws. The ADA Amendments Act and the sweeping changes to the FMLA both took effect this past January.
Now that the legislative and regulatory dust has settled, employers are left not knowing which way to turn when employees are covered under both the ADA and FMLA. The road toward compliance is a confusing maze even if you do your best to be properly prepared.
Order this in-depth, 90-minute webinar recording all about this complex issue. Our experts–two experienced employment attorneys–will explain when overlapping and/or distinct employer obligations and employee protections may arise now that the ADAAA and the FMLA changes are in effect.
You and your colleagues will learn:
- The serious health conditions covered under FMLA that likely constitute a disability under the ADA–and those that don’t
- The ADA confidentiality standard applicable to records acquired under the FMLA
- When a worker who has exhausted FMLA leave may be entitled to more than 12 weeks of unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA
- The reinstatement rights employees are entitled to under the ADA and FMLA
- Whether you can discipline or terminate workers when the adverse employment actions would only be allowed under one of the statutes
- Best practices for ensuring compliance when employees have rights under both statutes
This webinar was recorded on Tuesday, October 6, 2009
About Your Speakers:
Leonid “Lonny” Zilberman, Esq., is a partner in the Employment Practice Group of Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP, based in San Diego, California. His practice focuses exclusively on counseling, training, and defending employers, working with companies to find practical, cost-effective solutions to their workforce problems, with the primary goal of avoiding lawsuits. Zilberman has an active litigation practice and often defends employers in both ADA and FMLA discrimination lawsuits.
In 2009, Zilberman was named one of the top labor and employment attorneys by the San Diego Daily Transcript. A frequent invited lecturer and trainer on many employment law topics, Zilberman is a faculty member at UCSD Extension’s Leadership and Management Program, and he is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the State Bar of California’s Labor and Employment Section.
Mary P. Snyder, Esq., is a senior associate in the Employment Practice Group of Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP, based in San Diego, California. Since graduating cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1999, Snyder has devoted her litigation practice to defending employers in regard to wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims, including suits based on disability and leave discrimination.
Snyder also regularly advises employers regarding various personnel issues, employee handbooks, discipline and termination, family and medical leave, and developing preventive policies and procedures to avoid employment claims. She has conducted hundreds of hours of discrimination and harassment prevention training in both Spanish and English and has taught classes on employment law for human resources professionals.
Approved for Recertification Credit
This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.