Managing Employee Leave: Crafting Sound Policies And Procedures

This webinar is a follow up to our webinar, “Understanding FMLA, ADA and Workers’ Comp Overlap” and “Dealing with Employee Leave Abuse. How do you figure out which laws apply, properly administer leave, and minimize leave abuse? Perhaps most importantly, how does an employer craft effective policies and procedures that staff can easily follow so your company stays ahead of the curve? Every employer, manager, executive, be they in life sciences, banking,pharmaceutical, medical device, manufacturing or any other industry is susceptible to leave interference claims by employees, state and federal agencies and also to employee leave abuse.

• Practices to include in your policies to minimize leave abuse before and during leave;
• Termination/Discipline
• Monitoring and investigating leave;
• Return to work issues;

• This webinar on Managing Employee Leaves will concentrate on the following areas of concern among many others:
• Creating and retaining records to maximize employee leave policy effectiveness;
• Using call-in, attendance and vacation/sick leave policies to augment employee leave policies;
• Best Practices — and more!

Employers regularly face challenges as to how to ensure high morale and productivity from their workers, which can be compromised by employee leave abuse. Solid, proactive employment practices can enable you to stay ahead of the curve and either side-step the challenge or meet it head-on. Employers looking to get a handle on ensuring proper use of employee leave – before the employee goes out on leave will want to make sure they attend this webinar. Mark the date and time on your calendar.

• Department Managers or Directors
• Supervisors
• Business Owners and Employers
• HR Practitioners
• Leave Administrators
• Benefits Administrators
• Payroll and accounting managers
• Payroll processing professional

Janette Levey Frisch, has over 20 years of legal experience, more than 10 of which she has spent in Employment Law. It was during her tenure as sole in-house counsel for a mid-size staffing company headquartered in Central New Jersey, with operations all over the continental US, that she truly developed her passion for Employment Law. Janette operates under this core belief: It is possible, and it is in an employer’s best interest, to proactively solve workforce challenges before they become problems, before they result in lawsuits or steep fines caused by government audits. Janette works with employers on most employment law issues, acting as the Employer’s Legal Wellness Professional — to ensure that employers are in the best position possible to avoid litigation, audits, employee relations problems, and the attendant, often exorbitant costs. Janette authors the firm’s weekly blog, where you can read each week, in plain English (not legalese) about issues impacting employers today. Janette has written articles on many different employment law issues for many publications, including EEO Insight, Staffing Industry Review, @Law, and Chief Legal Officer. Janette has spoken and trained on topics, such as Criminal Background Checks in the Hiring Process, Joint Employment, Severance Arrangements, Pre-Employment Screening among many, many others. Janette serve on the Workplace Violence Prevention Institute, a multi-disciplinary task force, dedicated to providing, holistic, proactive and cutting-edge solutions and resources for employers committed to ensuring a safe workplace.