KMA Human Resources Consulting & Pierce Atwood Employment Law Update

   New DOL Overtime Regulations Effective December 1

& 

The Bermuda Triangle of Employee Leave Laws

Join Pierce Atwood Attorney's Meg LePage and Katy Rand & the KMA Human Resources Team to learn about:

New Federal Overtime Regulations going into effect on December 1, 2016

• Overview of Fair Labor Standards Act concepts, including rules concerning the calculation of overtime
• Review of the salary basis requirement and duties tests for each of the white collar exemptions
• Summarize the critical changes under the new FLSA overtime rule
• Outline steps all employers must take in response to the changes
• Discuss employers' options for achieving compliance with the new rule

Navigating the Bermuda Triangle of Employee Leave Laws: Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Workers Compensation Act (WC)

• Overview of basic statutory and regulatory frameworks of the FMLA, ADA and WC
• Summarize the triggering events, employer coverage, employee eligibility requirements, notice obligations, and documentation requirements and limitations
• Gain understanding of when light duty, leaves of absence, intermittent leave or reduced schedules are required
• Review employee reinstatement rights and anti-retaliation protections
• Strategize ways to curb employee abuse of leave laws
• Outline adminstrative and judicial enforcement mechanisms and available employee remedies for violations
• Discuss key lessons from recent case law

This workshop is approved for 4 HRCI credits

Thursday September 29, 2016

8:00 AM -12:00 PM at The Portland Country Club