Minimize legal risk by staying up-to-date on current rules and regulations associated with employees returning to work when the workplace has changed.
Employers often face concerns when deciding whether and how to return employees to work after a leave of absence. Specifically, it's important to determine legal obligations to these employees, including their rights to leave, rights to light duty positions, and rights to benefits when they return. This topic helps employers recognize potential legal problems in returning (or not returning) an employee to the work place, as well as how to avoid potential pitfalls. The topic explains some of the key statutes regarding leave and return-to-work, including workers' compensation laws, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. We will discuss recommendations for best practices for employee return-to-work under these laws.
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Agenda
Overview - Dealing With the Changes
- Has Your Organization Downsized or Restructured Over the Last Year or so?
- How Do You Handle Returning Employees to Work When the Workplace Has Changed?
- Do You Even Have a Position Available for Those Employees?
Work-Related Injuries
- Workers' Compensation Leaves of Absence
- Reinstatement Requirements
- Light Duty and Modified Job Duties
- Workers' Compensation Retaliation Claims
FMLA and Other Medical Leaves of Absence
- Reinstatement Requirements
- Fitness for Duty Certifications
- Same or Equivalent Position
- Using a Reduction in Force to Deny Reinstatement
Military Leaves of Absences
- Reemployment Rights
- Undue Hardship or Impossibility
- Seniority and Benefits Issues
- The "Escalator Principle"
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OnDemand Course
This course was last revised on July 20, 2016.
Call 1-866-352-9540 for further credit information.
This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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Joshua Bortnick
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
- Of counsel in the St. Louis office of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
- Practice emphasizes all aspects of labor and employment law
- Conducts regular seminars and workshops on numerous employment issues, including handbook policies, ADA and the FMLA, drug testing, and reductions in force
- Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2014 to present)
- J.D. degree, magna cum laude, University of Illinois-Champaign; B.S.B.A. degree, Washington University
- Can be contacted at 314- 802-3945 or [email protected]
Julia Drafahl
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
- Associate in the St. Louis office of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
- Practice emphasizes all aspects of employment law
- Editor, Missouri Bar Labor & Employment Committee Newsletter, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Human Resources Management Association of Greater St. Louis
- J.D. degree, cum laude, University of Michigan; M.A. degree, Washington University; B.A. degree, Macalester College
- Can be contacted at 314- 802-3959 or [email protected]
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