Learn how to determine if a mental health condition constitutes a serious health condition under FMLA and/or a disability under the ADA.
The rapid rise of mental health issues from employees and applicants now confronts employers with a variety of complex FMLA and ADA issues and potential claims. Increasing diagnoses of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, seasonal affective disorder, bipolar disorder, and similar disorders pose many challenges for employers trying to navigate the often-turbulent waters of the FMLA and ADA. Determining when a mental health condition constitutes a serious health condition under FMLA and/or a disability under the ADA is often neither obvious nor instinctive. Knowing how to identify a covered condition is, of course, only the starting point. Next, employers need to be sure they have the right FMLA and ADA policies in place. Then there is the critical point at which the employer's policies must be applied to oftentimes convoluted factual settings. There are new complexities to telework as a reasonable accommodation after the COVID-required remote work experience. This program will provide the tools for employers to assure they have the necessary policies and guidance to address significant FMLA and ADA obligations while not unduly affecting productivity and placing unwarranted and unfair burdens on those who work with an employee with FMLA- and/or ADA-covered mental health issues. In so doing, employers will have the ability to avoid or successfully defend mental health-based FMLA and ADA claims.
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Agenda
What Mental Health Claims Are Covered by FMLA and ADA?
- What Mental Health Claims Trigger FMLA Rights?
- Key FMLA Definitions and Rules
- What Employer FMLA Policies Are Needed to Properly Address Mental Health Issues Raised by Employees?
- What Mental Health Claims Are Covered by ADA?
- Key ADA Definitions and Rules
- What Employer ADA Policies Are Needed to Properly Address Mental Health Issues Raised by Employees
Successfully Addressing the Toughest FMLA and ADA Issues
- Managing Chronic or Recurring Mental Health Issues Under FMLA and ADA
- Controlling the Intermittent FMLA Leave Situation
- Addressing the FMLA Alternate Position Quagmire
- Properly Managing the ADA Interactive Process in the Difficult Mental Health Case
- Properly Construing ADA, FMLA, and Local Leave Law Issues Posed by Employee Mental Health Conditions
- Telework as a Reasonable Accommodation After the Covid-Required Remote Work Experience
Preventing Interference and Retaliation Claims
- Understanding the Rapid Growth in FMLA and ADA Retaliation Claims
- Addressing Performance Issues Arising Shortly Before or Only Discovered During FMLA or ADA Leave for Mental Health Conditions
- Navigating the Job Restoration Process and What Documentation Can Be Required From the Employee Before a Return to Work Under the FMLA and ADA
- The Key Role of Supervisors in Preventing FMLA and ADA Mental Health Claims and Avoiding Potential Individual and Employer Liability
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OnDemand Course
This course was last revised on May 2, 2023.
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- AR CLE 1.0
- This course has been approved for 1.0 hours of CLE by the Arkansas CLE Board.
- Arizona CLE 1.0
- The Arizona State Bar does not pre-approve or pre-certify MCLE programs. However, records of this program and attendance will be maintained by Lorman Education Services for auditing purposes. This activity may qualify for up to 1.0 hours toward your annual CLE requirement for the State Bar of Arizona.
- CA MCLE 1.0
- Lorman Education Services is a State Bar of California approved MCLE sponsor and this course qualifies for 1.0 CLE hours of participatory credit.
- CT CLE 1.0
- Neither the Connecticut Judicial Branch nor the Commission on Minimum Continuing Legal Education approve or accredit CLE providers or activities. This course has been approved for CLE credit in jurisdictions aside from CT and therefore it automatically meets the content and delivery requirements in Connecticut. Credit is based on a 60 minute credit hour and shall be awarded as follows: 1.0 CLE credit(s).
- GA CLE 1.0
- This program has been approved by the Georgia Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency for 1.0 CLE hours.
- HI CLE 1.0
- This program was approved by the Hawaii State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.0 CLE credit hours.
- MO CLE 1.3
- This course qualifies for self-study CLE credit in Missouri.
- NH MCLE 1.2
- NH MCLE does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the NH Minimum CLE requirement. Lorman Education Services believes this Ondemand course meets the requirement of NH Supreme Court Rule 53 and may qualify for CLE credit(s). Program Length: 72 Minutes.
- PA CLE 1.0
- This Distance Learning program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.0 hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit.
- RI CLE 1.0
- This program has been approved by the Rhode Island Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission for 1.0 hours of CLE credit.
- VT CLE 1.0
- This self-study program has been approved by the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board of Vermont for 1.0 hour(s) of CLE credit. Please note: Attorneys may only claim 12 credits per compliance period in this format. This course is considered "Non-Moderated Programming without Interactivity".
- WA CLE 1.25
- This program has been approved by the Washington State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.25 hours of A/V credit under the Law & Legal Procedure category.
- WV MCLE 1.3
- This program has been approved by the West Virginia State Bar MCLE Commission for 1.3 MCLE hours.
HR Certification Institute 1.25
- This E-Learning program has been pre-approved for 1.25 (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR®, aPHRi(TM), PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi(TM), and SPHRi(TM) recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org.
SHRM 1.0
- Lorman Education Services is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. This program is valid for 1.0 PDC(s) for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.
To earn each credit Lorman offers through the OnDemand learning platform, you need to watch 100% of the program. Also, for certain credits you will need to fulfill additional requirements which will be displayed on the "credits" tab when viewing the course.
- Those applying for AIA and HRCI must view 100% of the program and answer the questions following the program.
This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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Frank C. Morris, Jr.
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
- Senior partner in the employment law practice in Washington, D.C., and co-chair of the ADA and Public Accommodations Group for the national law firm of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
- Speaker on the ADA and employment law to the judicial conferences for the federal judges of Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits
- Adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America and the Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers, and Washington, D.C. and Baltimore Top-Rated Lawyers
- Represents and counsels employers and public accommodations nationally in employment, labor, leave, and disability matters
- Can be contacted at [email protected]
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