Absence & Medical Issues Week

June 4 - 8, 2012

The newest addition to FELTG’s curriculum, this week brings together everything involving one of the most complex areas of federal sector employment law: absences from the workplace. Topics include employee leave, leave abuse, and medical issues as they relate to unacceptable performance and conduct, sick leave, annual leave, leave without pay, absence without leave, FMLA, ADA, OWCP, flexiplace-this week has it all.

Feedback from winter attendees:

“Always love Wiley’s clarity and perspective. Thank you also Ernest, for doing an excellent job – very clear, well organized presentation."

"I learned a lot of information that I can use in my daily practice … I am glad I have attended this program."

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Location
The MAA Carriage House at 1781 Church St., NW, Washington, DC 20036
(near Dupont Circle).

Who Should Attend
Attorneys, EEO specialists and professionals, employee and labor relations specialists, human resources generalists, union representatives, supervisors and managers.

Instructors
William Wiley, Ernest Hadley and Gary Gilbert

Status
Accepting Registrations. Download AMI Week registration form.

Tuition
Five days = $1950
Four days = $1570
Three days = $1220
Two days = $850
One day = $470

Absence & Medical Issues Week Daily Agenda 2012

Monday, June 4 - Leave Use & Abuse Overview: Types of leave and leave entitlements, overviews of Family Medical Leave Act leave, Office of Workers Compensation Program absences and leave as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, medical determinations, leave abuse, related offenses and controlling principles from case law.

Tuesday, June 5 - FMLA Law & Policy, with guest Barbara Hage: Federal sector FMLA basics, military family leave, serious health condition developments, medical certification issues, managing intermittent FMLA leave; discipline, FMLA and the under-performer; and employee notice issues.

Wednesday, June 6 - Medical Issues under the ADA: The ADA Amendments Act had a sweeping impact on the collection of employee medical information.  Gary Gilbert and Ernest Hadley cover pre and postemployment medical exams and inquiries under the ADA and the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), conditional offers of employment, medical documentation requests for reasonable accommodation, direct threat and other medical conditions, and the new “regarded as” provision of the ADA.

Thursday, June 7 - Labor Relations & OWCP: The impact of collective bargaining on leave-related issues, including negotiability of leave proposals, and relevant rulings of the Federal Labor Relations Authority and the Federal Service Impasses Panel, leave entitlement, medical issues and modified job offers in workers’ compensation claims, and misconduct related to OWCP abuse.

Friday, June 8 - Approved Absences Management: Establishing Alternative and Compressed Work Schedules, teleworking, leave as a reasonable accommodation for disabilities, leave as a religious accommodation, monitoring employee performance and conduct away from the worksite.