How to Manage the Legal Landmine of the FMLA, ADA and Workers Compensation in the Workplace!

Complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act is hard enough on its own. When the Family and Medical Leave Act or workers' compensation also applies, it's easy to lose track of which law requires what. This 90-minute FMLA, ADA and workers' comp webinar clears up that overlap.

You'll tackle common misconceptions: that the ADA is abused through vague diagnoses, when it requires reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals unless it causes undue hardship; that employees must explicitly request FMLA leave or that disruptive intermittent leave can be refused; and that workers' comp only covers employer-fault or physical injuries, when it pays lost wages and medical care for work-related injuries.

• Explain the differences between FMLA, ADA and workers' compensation requirements
• Use the reasonable accommodation interactive process to navigate the ADA
• Identify where FMLA overlaps and interacts with the ADA and other leave laws
• Describe workers' compensation insurance requirements
• Summarize the federal, state and local leave and disability laws that may apply to medical absences
• Recognize the challenges multi-state employers face with leave and disability laws
• Avoid common pitfalls and misconceptions that raise employer liability

• Key differences between FMLA, ADA and workers' compensation requirements
• Common misconceptions about the ADA, FMLA and workers' compensation
• Using the reasonable accommodation interactive process under the ADA
• Where FMLA overlaps with the ADA
• Workers' compensation insurance requirements in the workplace
• Federal, state and local leave and disability laws that apply when an employee or family member needs medical time off
• How these laws commonly overlap and interact
• Challenges for multi-state employers
• Pitfalls that increase employer liability

Violating federal leave and disability rules can bring large fines, penalties and even criminal sanctions. Managing three overlapping regimes at once is where many employers slip up.

This training gives employers, business owners, leaders, compliance and HR professionals, managers and supervisors in every industry the tools to apply each law correctly and understand what compliance looks like when an employee or family member needs medical leave.

• All Employers
• Business Owners
• Company Leadership
• Compliance professionals
• HR Professionals
• Managers/Supervisors
• Employers in all industries

Margie Faulk is a senior level human resources professional with over 15 years of HR management and compliance experience. A current Compliance Advisor for HR Compliance Solutions, LLC, Margie, has worked as an HR Compliance advisor for major corporations and small businesses in the small, large, private, public and Non-profit sectors.  Margie has provided small to large businesses with risk management strategies that protect companies and reduces potential workplace fines and penalties from violation of employment regulations. Margie is bilingual (Spanish) fluent and Bi-cultural.

Margie’s area of expertise includes Criminal Background Screening Policies and auditing, I-9 document correction and storage compliance, Immigration compliance, employee handbook development, policy development, sexual harassment investigations/certified training, SOX regulations, payroll compliance, compliance consulting, monitoring US-based federal, state and local regulations, employee relations issues, internal investigations, HR management, compliance consulting, internal/external audits, and performance management.
Margie is a speaker and accomplished trainer and has created and presented compliance seminars/webinars for over 16 US and International compliance institutes. Margie has testified as a compliance subject matter expert (SME) for several regulatory agencies and against regulatory agencies, thank goodness not on the same day. Margie offers compliance training to HR professionals, business owners, and leadership to ensure compliance with workplace and regulations. 
Margie’s unique training philosophy includes providing free customized tools for all attendees. These tools are customized and have been proven to be part an effective risk management strategy. Some of the customized tools include the I-9 Self Audit. Correction and Storage program, Ban the Box Decision Matrix Policy that Employers can provide in a dispute for allegations, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Compliance Guide, Drug-Free Workplace Volatile Termination E-Book and other compliance program tools when attendees register and attend Margie’s trainings.
Margie holds professional human resources certification (PHR) from the HR Certification Institution (HRCI) and SHRM-CP certification from the Society for Human Resources Management. Margie is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE).