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FMLA Deadline Jan. 15: Employers Must Comply with New Guidelines

With the recently published changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) going into effect on Jan. 15, 2009, employers must be ready to comply as they administer this important, yet often thorny, regulation. The new regulations address the following areas:

  • Definition of a serious health condition. Various definitions have been updated, including specifics for serious health conditions that require an employee to be incapacitated for more than three work days. Two visits to a doctor must occur within thirty days. The first visit must occur within seven days of the first day of incapacity.
  • Notices. Employers must provide workers with a notice about the FMLA, including eligibility, rights and responsibilities, and a designation notice. Employees must provide notice that is in line with their employer’s usual and customary call-in procedures.

  • Fitness for duty. Employers may require that a fitness for duty certification address the employee’s ability to perform the essential functions of the job. The employer can also require that an employee demonstrate fitness for duty before the employee can return to work.

  • Medical certification. An employee’s direct supervisor cannot have access to the worker’s healthcare provider. However, an employer may request a new medical certification annually if conditions last more than one year.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the new FMLA regulations.
  • Gain powerful tips on how to comply.
  • Identify what your organization should do now to comply.
  • Develop effective policies that will guide your managers.

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Who Should Attend?

  • HR Managers
  • HR Directors
  • HR Professionals

Presented by:

Manesh K. Rath
Keller & Heckman, LLP

Attorney Jacques is a Manesh K. Rath represents management in Employment and OSHA law matters. Mr. Rath counsels and represents businesses and associations facing employment discrimination charges, wage and hour laws claims, wrongful termination lawsuits, OSHA citations, and most other areas of human resources law issues. Mr. Rath has authored employment law articles in several publications, including The Labor Lawyer, South Texas Law Review, and Inside Supply Management. He is a regular columnist in the Credit Union Executive Journal, and occasionally co-authors a regular OSHA law column in Compliance Magazine. He is the co-author of the seminal OSHA book, "Occupational Safety and Health Law Handbook" (Government Institutes, 2001).

Mr. Rath is a frequent speaker on employment law and OSHA issues for numerous seminars, businesses and trade association conferences nationwide. He has instructed on employment and OSHA law issues at the college and graduate school level. On developing issues in employment law, he has been quoted in Entrepreneur Magazine and has spoken for television news.

In numerous cases, Mr. Rath has conducted litigation, motions and trials before state and federal courts and state and federal administrative agencies. He has handled cases in over twenty different jurisdictions throughout the nation. Mr. Rath is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, Virginia State Bar, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

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