Human Resource Law: Family and Medical Leave Act

The target audience for this series is HR managers HR directors and senior managers.

Upon completion of this course the student will understand:

• Select criteria for employee eligibility.
• Choose legitimate FMLA qualifying events.
• Select actions prohibited by FMLA.
• Select three ways to use paid leave in conjunction with FMLA.
• Select health care providers who are qualified to medically certify FMLA leave.
• Identify the job restoration rules established by FMLA.
• Identify how an employer can manage FMLA leave to minimize operational disruptions.
• Select the four guidelines employers can take to comply with FMLA.

Unit 1: Introduction to FMLA

• Identify the Family and Medical Leave Act.
• Select the employer that qualifies for the FMLA.
• Select criteria for employee eligibility.
• Choose legitimate FMLA qualifying events.
• Select actions prohibited by FMLA.
• Simulation Overview:
• In the simulation at the end of this unit you have recently been hired by Icona s telecommunications Division as a Benefits and Compensation Manager. Your key job responsibilities include being a liaison between employees management and insurance carriers processing paperwork and new hire orientation. Since you are about to conduct your first new hire orientation the HR Director want to go over some FMLA policies with you in case you need to answer any questions for employees. You must already reference these policies as part of your job so you are expected to be somewhat familiar with them.

Unit 2: Administration and Certification

• Match the three ways to administer FMLA leave with their descriptions.
• Select three ways to use paid leave in conjunction with FMLA.
• Identify ways to communicate FMLA information to employees.
• Select the correct definition of medical certification.
• Identify the Department of Labor form used for medical certification.
• Select health care providers who are qualified to medically certify FMLA leave.
• Select benefits that are exempt from FMLA protection.
• Identify the job restoration rules established by FMLA.
• Simulation Overview:
• In the simulation at the end of this unit you are a Human Resource Director for Icona s Financial Services Division. A Sales Representative from HRL Solutions has set up an appointment with you to pitch you an outsourcing plan. He has become an expert in FMLA law and wants to convince you that you and your department are not educated enough in FMLA law to handle the administration of it by yourselves. If he can convince you of this and win Icona s business jobs may end up being cut in your department to compensate for outsourcing. However if you decide you are confident in your abilities to handle the administration of FMLA law you may be credited with saving the company thousands of dollars.

Unit 3: FMLA Enforcement and Compliance

• Identify the agency that enforces FMLA.
• Identify the remedies to FMLA violations.
• Identify how an employer can manage FMLA leave to minimize operational disruptions.
• Identify a situation in which advanced notice of FMLA leave is necessary.
• Select the four guidelines employers can take to comply with FMLA.
• Simulation Overview:
• In the simulation at the end of this unit you have been working as a Human Resources Manager at Icona s Information Services for the past three months. One of Icona s top competitors InfoWorld has recently gone through a lawsuit involving FMLA law. Apparently InfoWorld refused to reinstate an employee who was returning from leave. The outcome of the lawsuit wasna t pretty and the Human Resource Director sees this as an opportunity to give you a lesson in FMLA law ; nothing like this has ever happened at Icon and she wants to make sure it never does at least not on her watch.

4 Hours

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

CDROM
Web Based Training