The Alphabet Soup Continues to Get Trickier: When the ADAAA/FMLA/GINA/COBRA/PDA/Workers' Comp All Come Together 2014

Key Topics

• Do workers compensation statutes require an employer to offer "light duty" positions?
• The differences between the ADAAA and FMLA when it comes to leaves of absences
• Even if your state statute doesn`t require light duty positions, will the ADAAA require it?
• What are the pros/cons of light duty positions?
• How to run the various leave requirements concurrently?
• Can you terminate an employee out on worker`s compensation leave for refusing a light duty position?
• How is GINA different from the ADAAA? How is it similar?
• Can you run worker`s compensation payments concurrently with other paid leave such as sick leave, vacation, short term disability, etc. Can the employee request that you do so even if you don`t require it?
• When are you required to provide COBRA notices to those out on leave?
• How to treat pregnancies under the ADAAA, FMLA, and PDA (and, yes, it is very different under each statute)
• Does Obamacare change which of your employees are entitled to medical benefits while others are not?

Who should Attend

• Human Resource Managers
• Management
• Benefits Personnel