Veterans in the Workforce—Their Rights and the Employer’s Obligations
Duration: 90 minutes
Speaker: Deirdre Kamber Todd
Webinar Description
Our military service members and veterans are entitled to our utmost respect and honor. They are entitled also to extraordinarily generous leave, re-employment and anti-discrimination provisions under USERRA, the federal military re-employment rights act and other federal employment laws. Employers are learning, often by being subject to fines and other penalties, that military service members are entitled to legally required benefits that other employees are not required to have. Last year the federal government and courts clarified both “exigent circumstances," to include benefits such as required time off for child care or meetings with lawyers, and service member disability to cover conditions not covered by other laws, like broken legs and hip pain. As a result, USERRA has changed the face of both the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") and the Family Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") not only for service members, but also for their families.
If you are not up to date with the current legal interpretations of service members' rights under USERRA, including those under the ADA and FMLA, you need to attend this timely webinar. Employment lawyer Deirdre Kamber Todd will review the laws that relate directly to veterans and service members in your workforce. You will not find this information available elsewhere in the easily understood format that Ms. Todd will present.
Agenda
Applicable Federal laws and amendments:
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USERRA
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FMLA
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NDAA—National Defense Authorization Act
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ADA
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ADAAA—2008 Amendments to the ADA
"Exigent" Circumstances as defined by applicable law
"Disability", as expanded under USERRA
"Discussion" of specific rights afforded to service members and their families
Best practices for:
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Handling excessive requests
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Managing inequalities in the workplace between veterans and non-veterans
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Establishing fair and legal policies to manage veterans’ and service members’ expectations
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Continuing HRCI Credit Information
This program has been pre-approved for 1.5 hours of General recertification credit hours through the HR Certification Institute. Use of the seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.
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.
Special Feature: If you register for this webinar and cannot attend, you will be able to access a one-time instant replay without charge for up to 90 days after the date of the webinar.
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