Dealing with Intermittent Leave Issues under the Family and Medical Leave Act

Why Should You Attend:

Is your company following the requirements of the Family and Medical Leave Act when dealing with employees who take frequent intermittent absences under the FMLA? Failure to follow the law properly could expose a company to potential damages. This webinar will help you ensure that your company is applying the FMLA properly when dealing with intermittent leave.

The Family and Medical Leave Act provides twelve weeks of unpaid leave for eligible employees. This leave can be taken in long blocks of time or in shorter absences, sometimes even just part of a workday. These shorter absences, when taken for an FMLA-qualifying reason, are protected by FMLA as intermittent leave. Intermittent leave can pose a number of logistical problems for employers, especially with respect to productivity and consistency.

However, FMLA provides numerous options for employers to manage intermittent leave. This webinar will cover those options and will help companies determine whether they are applying FMLA intermittent leave properly. It will also highlight various tools available to combat potential abuse of intermittent leave.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Short refresher on the basic framework of the Family and Medical Leave Act
• How to calculate the amount of time an eligible employee has available under FMLA
• How to determine what the smallest increment of unpaid leave is at your workplace
• How the certification procedures can help ensure that the need for intermittent leave is legitimate
• What options are available for employers who suspect abuse of FMLA intermittent leave
• Second opinion and third opinion
• Recertification options
• Timing of recertification
• Recertification exceptions
• When can an employee using intermittent leave be transferred?
• Potential damages for violating FMLA

Who Will Benefit:

• Human Resources (CHRO, Vice President, Director, Manager, Generalist)
• Hiring Manager
• Business Owners / Executive Officers / Operations and Departmental Managers
• General Manager / Plant Manager

Rebecca Jacobs
Training Consultant and Employment Law Attorney, Rebecca Jacobs LLC

Rebecca Jacobs is a Training Consultant and Employment Law Attorney with Rebecca Jacobs LLC. Collaborating with her clients, she develops and presents customized employee training on topics such as harassment prevention, bystander intervention, and discrimination avoidance. She also trains managers on numerous matters, including family and medical leave and disability accommodation requests.

Since 2006, Rebecca has been an adjunct lecturer for the Department of Management and Human Resources at the Ohio State University's Max M. Fisher College of Business. Rebecca teaches the "Contemporary Employment Practices and the Law" class and has recently expanded her teaching to include “Contemporary Employment Practices and the Law II.”

Rebecca has been an employment law attorney for over 20 years and tried a number of cases in federal and state courts, including oral argument before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has counseled clients on numerous employment law matters and has prepared employee policies and handbooks. In January, 2019, Columbus CEO magazine quoted Rebecca in “Employment Law: Making it Official with Love Contracts.”

Rebecca holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is admitted to practice law in Ohio and licensed (inactive) in California.

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