An employment attorney discusses the challenges in managing employee leaves under FMLA, ADA, & Workers' Comp in today's workplace dynamics.

Course overview:

As workforce dynamics evolve, compliance with the FMLA and ADA remains a critical and ongoing challenge.

Join us for a 60-minute session where Susan Fahey, an experienced employment law attorney, will break down the latest regulatory updates, legal risks, and real-world strategies for navigating leave management and accommodations in 2026.

Whether you’re an HR leader, legal counsel, or compliance specialist, this webinar will equip you with the insights and strategies needed to stay ahead in today’s high-stakes workplace environment.

Areas covered:

#1. New trends and legal shifts impacting FMLA and ADA compliance

#2. The Intersection of leave laws with remote and hybrid work policies

#3. Common compliance pitfalls and how to avoid costly missteps

#4. Best practices for handling complex accommodations and leave requests

• Handling Friday–Monday absence and other leave patterns
• FMLA scenarios for common law marriage, same-sex spouses, in loco parentis, shared leave limits, etc.
• FMLA documentation and record retention compliance
• Scenarios resulting in employee termination
• and more...

#5. What’s ahead in 2026 — legislation, court rulings, and policy changes.

Why should you attend?

Figuring out how to navigate the FMLA can be challenging in itself. So, when ADA or Workers’ Compensation is involved too, the complications can make most HR professionals sweat.

Sometimes, the most fascinating or puzzling FMLA scenarios blend several legal concepts into one situation - marital status laws, spousal limits, parental definitions, jurisdictional differences, etc. — that HR professionals must pause and look beyond surface assumptions to unpack.

Also, there are situations when an FMLA-eligible employee may also be protected under the ADA/ADAAA, and therefore qualify for an extended leave of absence - beyond the FMLA's 12-week maximum. If that's not enough, when you have employees who are eligible for time off from work under workers' compensation laws, the potential for overlap, not to mention administrative challenges and the impact on your company’s bottom-line seems to increase exponentially.

This webinar will help participants unpack this puzzle of often overlapping employee leave laws. It will help you alleviate concerns about staying in compliance, the administrative challenges, employee leave abuse scenarios, and avoid any negative impact to your org's bottom line.

WHO WILL BENEFIT:

• HR professionals (all levels)
• Legal counsel
• Employee relations
• Managers and supervisors
• Small business owners
• CEOs, CPOs
• Law firms