Navigating Medical Leaves Management May 12, 2010

1 CPE Credit

ADA, FEHA, FMLA, CFRA, PDL and WC laws contain confusing and inconsistent obligations. Employees have numerous legal rights when taking medical leave and employers have enormous legal liability. Learn to apply the right medical leave to your employee's situation and derive strategies to avoid litigation and keep your company compliant. You'll leave able to:

* Develop a practical strategies for navigating Medical Leaves
* Define your legal responsibilities
* Outline different leave laws and explain how they integrate

Employers have a responsibility to understand medical leave laws to keep their company compliant. By examining how one practitioner is meeting these challenges and administering medical disability leaves at her company, you'll learn the requirements and be able to develop your own strategy.

Speaker
Ron Garrity is an Attorney at Simpson, Garrity, Innes & Jacuzzi. His expertise in labor and employment law, combined with his practical knowledge of human resources, enable him to provide pragmatic and effective advice to employers. He is convinced that client education, proactive employment and labor policies and early identification of potential problems can prevent the time and cost expenditures of most litigation. In this continually changing area of law, Mr. Garrity is recognized within the profession for his ability to stay ahead of the issues.

Judy Vaz is the Leave of Absence Manager at Safeway, Inc. She has been with Safeway Inc. in the HR department as a Leave of Absence Administrator since July 2009. Judy has 20 years of experience as Benefits Supervisor / Manager which included LOA before coming to Safeway. She has significant knowledge about managing leave of absence from company perspective. She will share her experiences and challenges regarding Leave of Absence management.

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