Managing Employees with Medical Conditions

Managing employees with medical conditions can often trap employers in a complicated legal web that involves the intersection of the Family and Medical leave Act (FMLA), the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Workers’ Compensation, and state disability and leave laws. Issues related to leaves of absence have been further complicated by the issuance of new FMLA regulations and recent amendments to the ADA.

Please join us on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 for an engaging and informative update on how these developments involving FMLA and ADA rights will affect employers. During the program, we will cover:

• Highlights of the amendments to the ADA
• Developments in the law of reasonable accommodation of persons with disabilities
• The interplay between the FMLA and the ADA
• The FMLA’s new family military leave requirements

Martha Keon counsels employers regarding compliance with the myriad local, state and federal laws and regulations that govern the workplace. She defends small businesses as well as Fortune 100 companies in lawsuits, arbitrations and administrative proceedings involving allegation of wrongful termination, breach of contract, fraud, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, FMLA violations and wage and hour violations. Having previously counseled and defended employers in California, Ms. Keon is well versed in cutting edge claims and strategies emanating from the active plaintiff’s bar there and spreading nationwide.

Michelle Malloy represents employers in all aspects of employment law. She counsels clients in both union and non-union settings on various employment matters including complying with federal, state and local laws. She also counsels clients on hiring, firing and disciplining employees, and developing and revising employment practices and policies.

Registration/Breakfast: 7:30 – 8:00 am
Program: 8:00 – 10:00 am

This program is complimentary. For questions, please contact Barbara Hughes* at 267.402.3005 or bhughes@littler.com. Please respond before January 30, 2009.

*Please also direct all requests for special accommodations to Barbara Hughes.