Suppose one or more of your employees has taken a leave of absence, and your company or department is buckling under the added stress—and you suspect that one or more of those employees may be taking advantage and may not really need family or medical leave – or may even not be entitled to it. What if one or more of your employees asks for intermittent leave? Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Americans with the Disabilities (ADA), Workers’ Compensation, all these laws provide medical leave to take of yourself or your loved ones. They have different guidelines. These three leave law dominate the landscape of leave policy in the United States.
Leave abuse in the workplace is more common than you thought. Leave abuse is a growing concern for every employers. You may think: oh! it’s not a big deal. But, it is. It occurs when employees misuse or exploit leave policies, including workers’ compensation, sick leave, or family leave such as FMLA, ADA and Workers’ Compensation. Workers’ Compensation is not a law or a medical leave, but it provide financial help to the employee who injures on the workplace or suffer from a work-related illness.
Administration of continuous leave can be challenging enough. Intermittent leave presents its own administrative challenges. With the continuing pandemic, more employees need or look for time off from work. How do you keep track of everything and ensure that your employees are not abusing their leave? Managing leave whether it’s FMLA, ADA, or Workers’ Comp. has its own hurdles. You can curb employee leave abuse. But how do you do it? Don’t despair! This webinar will help you get a working knowledge of how you can minimize your company’s exposure to employee abuse of family and medical leave – be it under the FMLA, ADA, or workers’ comp or other applicable family and medical leave laws.
