California's medical leave laws are often more generous than federal law, and employers with staff in the state need to know where they differ. This webinar on managing medical leave in California compares the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) with the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) and Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL).
You'll get an overview of the FMLA and of California laws including CFRA, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and PDL, then see how the federal and state laws compare and intersect.
The session gives compliance tips, points out likely problem areas and explains HR's role in managing leaves of absence in California.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
The laws look similar, but the differences matter, and non-compliance can bring heavy fines and damage employee relations and your employer brand. Supervisors and managers need training too.
This session suits HR professionals, generalists and business partners, training and development managers, leave managers, line managers and supervisors of employees in California.
AREA COVERED
- Compliance with the California Family Rights Act (CFRA)
- Compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL)
- Overview of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA)
- Comparing California state laws with the FMLA
- How the federal law and the state laws intersect
- HR's role in managing FMLA and California leave laws
- Compliance tips and potential non-compliance areas
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Explain the main provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act
- Describe CFRA, FEHA and Pregnancy Disability Leave
- Compare the FMLA with California leave laws
- Identify where federal and state leave laws intersect
- Spot potential non-compliance areas
- Define HR's role in managing leaves of absence in California
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
- HR professionals
- Training and development managers.
- HR professionals.
- Line managers.
- Leave managers.
- HR generalists.
- HR business partners.
- Supervisors.
- Manager and supervisors of employees in California.
The laws look similar, but the differences matter, and non-compliance can bring heavy fines and damage employee relations and your employer brand. Supervisors and managers need training too.
This session suits HR professionals, generalists and business partners, training and development managers, leave managers, line managers and supervisors of employees in California.
- Compliance with the California Family Rights Act (CFRA)
- Compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL)
- Overview of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA)
- Comparing California state laws with the FMLA
- How the federal law and the state laws intersect
- HR's role in managing FMLA and California leave laws
- Compliance tips and potential non-compliance areas
- Explain the main provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act
- Describe CFRA, FEHA and Pregnancy Disability Leave
- Compare the FMLA with California leave laws
- Identify where federal and state leave laws intersect
- Spot potential non-compliance areas
- Define HR's role in managing leaves of absence in California
- HR professionals
- Training and development managers.
- HR professionals.
- Line managers.
- Leave managers.
- HR generalists.
- HR business partners.
- Supervisors.
- Manager and supervisors of employees in California.
Speaker Profile
Deborah Covin Wilson
Deborah Covin Wilson, CPLP SHRM-SCP, SPHR, is the keynote speaker at ComplianceKey. She is the recently retired director of organizational development and consulting services, a unit in human resources administration at Georgia State University. With more than 25 years in higher education, she was responsible for training, employee engagement programs, strategic planning, HR communications, and organization development services. Deborah was involved in several University System of Georgia Board of Regents initiatives: She served as chair of the Tuition Assistance Program committee, a member of the Executive Leadership Institute Advisory Committee, and a steering committee member of the Accelerated Leadership Academy.Deborah …
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