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Navigating Legal Challenges and Issues in Telecommuting and Remote Work

SKU: EMP8400
General Credits
1.1
Price$50
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Description

Organizations offer telecommuting options for all the right reasons - to help workers manage family care issues, medical problems and disabilities, or simply to help them reduce commute costs and add some flexibility to their schedules.

But what happens when your well-intentioned plan turns into a legal nightmare? How do you protect your organization when a worker claims he’s being discriminated against because he’s not allowed to telecommute. Or when another demands that telecommuting is the only “reasonable accommodation” for her disability, but the job requires being in the office. Or when you suspect, but can’t prove, that a worker isn’t putting in the hours they should.

The legal perils are many and organizations that don’t understand the issues, and that don’t prepare a legally-sound telecommuting policy, may find themselves embroiled in costly, time-consuming legal battles.

That’s why we invite you to join employment law attorney Melissa Fleischer, Esq. as she gives you the facts you need to protect your clients.

Attendees will learn:

  • Steps to protect your organization if an employee is injured while working from home
  • How to handle requests for FMLA leave from employees who work remotely
  • Whether organizations need to have a telecommuting policy
  • Whether you must provide telecommuting as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA
  • Whether allowing some but not others to telecommute could give rise to discrimination claims against your organization
  • Best Practices for drafting a legally compliant Telecommuting Policy that will protect your workplace
  • Plus, the dangers a company faces if they decide to eliminate telecommuting

Lecturer Bio

Melissa Fleischer, Esq.

Melissa Fleischer, Esq., is a sought-after employment law attorney and HR advisor, having utilized her 20 years of law practice experience specializing in employment discrimination litigation to form HR Learning Center LLC, an HR consulting firm that specializes in providing workplace solutions to employers on a wide range of legal and human resource management issues. Ms. Fleischer provides preventative counseling and proactive training on a wide-range of employment law issues to help employers achieve legal compliance and reduce litigation costs.

Ms. Fleischer is a management-side employment attorney and is nationally recognized as an expert in her field. Ms. Fleischer has successfully represented numerous clients in employment discrimination litigation as well as providing preventive counseling and training on workplace issues. Ms. Fleischer was previously associated with Epstein Becker & Green in NYC.

Through HR Learning Center, Ms. Fleischer provides on-site training seminars and on-line training webinars and consulting on a wide range of workplace and human resource issues including sexual harassment, disabilities, diversity, discrimination, workplace violence, employee use of social media, job descriptions, employee handbooks, workplace investigations, FLSA misclassification and independent contractor status, information privacy and security, and HR records management. She also offers compliance training on the major employment laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, including exempt and non-exempt worker classifications and the National Labor Relations Act. She presents seminars, leads webinars and workshops, and is a frequent lecturer on these and other HR management and legal topics.

Ms. Fleischer served as a chapter editor for the Family and Medical Leave Act Treatise, published by the Bureau of National Affairs. She also served as an Editor for HRExpert, an on-line legal resource for attorneys and HR Professionals. Ms. Fleischer is an adjunct faculty member with the Professional Development Center at SUNY/Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York. She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Ms. Fleischer earned her J.D. degree from The George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C., and her B.A., cum laude, from New York University.

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