Vacation and PTO Policies: Legal Requirements and HR Trends
Duration: 90 minutes
Speaker: Jules Halpern and Paul Scrom Jr.
Webinar Description
As our society increasingly values a work-life balance, lawmakers are busy passing legislation that expands time off requirements. This leaves employers with the daunting task of crafting competitive and legally compliant policies that will keep their employees happy and productive. In this 90-minute informative and comprehensive webinar, experienced HR law attorneys Jules Z. Halpern and Paul L. Scrom Jr. will assist business owners and HR professionals in drafting state-of-the-art policies by reviewing with webinar registrants vacation and paid time off (PTO) trends and the expanding legal requirements for these employee benefits.
Agenda
- Analysis of the laws governing vacation requirements, including various federal and state laws regarding accruals, carry-overs and payment upon termination
- Discussion of the typical legal requirements of recent sick leave laws, including how much leave is mandated, the reasons for taking leave, requesting medical documentation and more
- How to implement legal requirements into existing vacation, sick leave and/or paid time off policies, or how to craft new policies
- Exploration of the pros and cons of trendy time off policies, such as unlimited vacation, mandatory vacation, 4-day work-weeks and summer hours
- How to integrate vacation and PTO trends into a legally compliant employee handbook
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Continuing HRCI Credit Information
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Continuing Legal Education Credit Information
This webinar has been approved in the following states for continuing legal education credit by The Marino Legal Academy:
California: 1.5 credit hours
The Marino Institute for Continuing Legal Education is a State Bar of California approved MCLE sponsor and this course qualifies for 1.5 credit hours of participatory CLE credit.
New Jersey: 1.5 credit hours
This webinar has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.5 CLE credit hours.
New York: 1.5 areas of professional practice credit hours
This course has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York Continuing Legal Education Board for veteran attorneys for 1.5 credit hours, of which 1.50 credit hours may be applied toward the Areas of Professional Practice.
Pennsylvania: 1.5 credit hours
This Distance Learning program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.5 hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit.
To receive CLE credit for this webinar in those states, please request such credit by writing toinfo@parkavenuepresentations.com. Your request will be forwarded to The Marino Legal Academy for processing.
CLE credit for this webinar may also be awarded in a number of other jurisdictions. For more information, please contact a Marino Legal Academy legal education consultant at (212) 249-3779,x104.
Logistics
- 90 minutes (Travel Free) delivered over the Internet.
Unlimited listeners per connection - bring the entire department.
Q&A session with the expert.
This event will be presented live with a PowerPoint presentation to be viewed on your computer. You may listen to the audio of the webinar by telephone or through your computer. The PowerPoint slides will be provided shortly before the event. Once you register, you will receive an email which is your receipt and which includes your instructions for dialing in and logging on. You will also receive an email reminder 24 hours before the webinar.