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An employee is injured at work. Workers’ compensation laws will likely apply, but will the time the employee is off of work also be protected by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? What are your obligations if, when the employee returns to work, restrictions are involved? Do you need to consider the restrictions? What about light duty? Does the federal Americans with Disabilities (ADA) come into play? What protections do each of these laws provide? How can employers handle such situations?
It’s entirely possible that time off under all three of these laws can concurrently apply to a particular employee’s situation. As a result, employers must be careful to analyze the circumstances of an individual employee separately under each of the laws before considering how they might interact. Understanding the interplay can be very difficult. Because of the complexity of each law, the interplay between them, and the potential for lawsuits resulting from violating them, it’s important to understand what employers need to do to comply.
During this webcast, we will explain:
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