Get timely answers to FMLA’s thorniest questions

On its surface, the FMLA is quite simple: Eligible employees of covered employers are entitled to unpaid, job protected FMLA leave for qualifying reasons. While the statute and regulations add more meat to this, many questions remain. For example, what constitutes notice when an employee might need leave? How is “overnight” defined?

These and other questions are often answered in the courts. Unfortunately, in order to obtain such an answer, an employer generally needs to be sued. However….

In this webinar, our experts get you up to speed on how judges are interpreting the FMLA today. They’ll examine the most important court findings that have helped answer many FMLA questions, so you can learn from other employers’ experiences.

You’ll get definitive answers to the following questions: 

• What’s the best way to appropriately count the 1,250 hours an employee must work to be eligible to take FMLA leave?
• What criteria must an employee meet to be eligible to take FMLA leave?
• What constitutes notice when an employee might need leave?
• May I fire an employee who exhausts all 12 weeks of FMLA leave?
• What types of practices might supervisors and managers have that might undermine a company call-in policy?
• Does the FMLA have an undue hardship defense?
• What should I look for in an FMLA certification to determine if it is incomplete or insufficient?
• Can FMLA leave result in the elimination of overtime?
• Must employers give employees a chance to cure a certification?
• Are employers entitled to look for patterns of leave to help uncover leave abuse?
• What should an employer do when an employee uses up FMLA leave and still needs more time off?
• And more!

Speaker Info 

Darlene (Dolly) Clabault, SHRM-CP, PHR, CLMS is an Editor on the J. J. Keller Human Resources Publishing team. She researches and provides content and services on employment laws such as the FMLA, ADA, USERRA, FLSA, and related state laws.

Michelle Higgins is an Associate Editor at J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. She researches and creates content on a variety of labor-related topics, including benefits, compensation, independent contractors, child labor, workplace violence, and hiring.

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