This program will explore the complexities of the three primary medical leave laws, the ADA, FMLA and worker's compensation and how they have changed due to COVID. We will also explore recent changes that have occurred within various government agencies, including the department of labor and the EEOC, as well as judicial holding that have changed the face of how these laws work together. The best practices, tools and compliance options for leave, while minimizing the risk and hardship on the workplace.

Areas Covered

•  We will discuss each law of the old Bermuda Triangle of Leaves and how they work together, including:
       - The ADA
       - FMLA
       - Workers’ Compensation, and
       - Other relevant laws
• We will explore the impact of COVID legislation and litigation on each of these laws
• Through case law and agency decision-making, we will go through the recent governmental and judicial trends that have altered our obligations under the Bermuda Triangle of Leaves
• We will wrap up with discussion of best practices, along with a hands-on, easy to apply set of tools for addressing legally-required medical leaves in today’s complex environment.

Course Level - Intermediate

Who Should Attend

All human resource experts, generalists, and employees with human resource obligations

Why Should You Attend

Most employers expected that as COVID began to minimize in the United States, their obligations to their employees would grow easier: no more FFCRA, no more long, mandatory quarantines, and no more legal mandates on the leave laws. The opposite has happened. With the long-term effects of COVID, the unexpectedunification of the EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor, and recent changes in judicial decisions conjoining the ADA, FMLA and worker’s compensation, the impact of COVID has grown into an even more confusing conglomeration of legal obligations. This program will sort out all of these confusing issues and provide you with clear answers on how COVID has reshaped the medical leave laws.

Topic Background

Prior to COVID, the ADA, FMLA and Workers’ Compensation formulated the three-prong base of medical leave law confusion, otherwise known as the Bermuda Triangle of leave laws. Now, with the changes mandated by COVID, the rules have changed and the Bermuda Triangle of Leave laws has become an even more confusing morass of legal obligations.