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Issues at the ADA and FMLA Intersection for College and University Employers Thursday, July 27, 2006 |
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| College and university counsel
and administrators have long grappled with two key federal statutes conferring rights on
campus employees. The ADA obligates employers to accommodate qualified employees and
applicants with a disability and permit them to work. The FMLA obligates employers to
provide family and medical leave to eligible employees and provide them leave from work.
Each, in its own right, can present complicated and challenging problems where the answer
can turn on the proper application of the statute and regulations to ever changing fact
situations. When the two intersect and employees assert rights based on both, employers
need to navigate the intersection carefully to avoid running afoul of the requirements of
one or both statutes (as well as state workers' compensation statutes) and incurring the
resulting liability. This program will provide an examination of five key ADA and five key FMLA issues that may confront college and university employers, followed by an examination of case studies presenting examples of those and other frequently encountered ADA and FMLA issues. Issues discussed will include: ADA |
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