FMLA, ADA, USERRA, Workers Compensation, and HIPAA: Navigating the Bermuda Triangle of Medical Leaves

Why Should You Attend:

There are close to a dozen different types of medical leave, between statutory and non-statutory types of leave. Understanding them all can be a feat, and applying them correctly can be a greater challenge. Employees often either have a greater amount of knowledge about their desired leave or they misunderstand it altogether. This program will sort out all the different types of medical leaves, clarify the associating factors between them, and give you a solid toolbox of best practices for understanding leaves, using them safely and appropriately, and keeping out of the Bermuda Triangle of leaves.

The instructor, a labor and employment law expert, will elaborate federal and state laws as they apply to various leaves under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, HIPPA, Workers’ Compensation, Unemployment Compensation and much more.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Federal and state laws as they apply to leave:
• ADA
• FMLA
• Title VII
• HIPAA
• Workers Compensation
• Unemployment Compensation
• Best Practices – Policies
• Best Practices – Procedures
• Hot Topics/Questions

Who Will Benefit:

• Business Directors
• HR Managers & Directors
• Senior HR Professionals
• HR Analysts
• Employee Relations Professionals
• Employment Managers/Specialists
• Compliance Officers

Instructor Profile:

Deirdre Kamber Todd, Esq., is a partner with The Kamber Law Group, P.C., a next-generation law firm located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. With fifteen years’ experience, Ms. Kamber focuses her practice on labor and employment law, social media and technology law, HIPAA, and business law. Specific areas of her employment law practice include discrimination, wage and hour, restrictive covenants, business contracts, unemployment compensation, LGBT issues, labor disputes, FMLA, military leave, social media litigation, information privacy and technology, agency compliance, and medical record privacy. Her clients include companies, non-profits, governmental entities, and individuals. Her work includes consultative and legal services, from outsourced HR and social media services to hearings, litigation, and appellate work. Ms. Kamber also regularly provides training and education for companies and individuals. She is licensed to practice in New York, Pennsylvania, and in the U.S. Supreme Court; she is also an acknowledged expert witness for social media and networking.

Ms. Kamber is the recipient of a number of awards and recognitions: she was selected as one of the “Top 20 Under 40” by the Pennsylvania Business Journal; she has received the Ethics Award from the New York State Bar Association; she is the recipient of a grant from the Public Justice Foundation for her pro bono work on HIV/AIDS, and she was recently nominated as one of the Top Twenty-Five Women of Influence in the Lehigh Valley.

Aside from her legal practice, Ms. Kamber serves as the president and diversity chair for Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), Lehigh Valley. She is currently an adjunct professor at DeSales University, instructing students in the MBA program in both HR and healthcare concentrations.

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