Handouts and Resources

2024 DMEC FMLA/ADA Employer Compliance Conference

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General Sessions
9:30-10:30 am	Keynote: The Cost of Culture
11:00 am-12:00 pm	Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (PWFA): A View From the Top [expand] PWFA What You Should Know Summary of Key Provisions of the Proposed Rule Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination FMLA (enforced by the Department of Labor) PUMP Act (enforced by the Department of Labor) Listing of relevant state or local laws Job Accommodation Network [/expand]
Concurrent Sessions
1:30-2:30 pm	1A. Can-U-SERRA?
	1B. State Your Leave: A Case Study Expedition Through Multiple States [expand] Conflicting Leave Years: An Exploration of the Complexities [/expand]
	1C. Don’t Set it and Forget It: The Ongoing Interactive Process [expand] Mark MLSNA vs. Union Pacific JAN’s Sample Form for Monitoring Accommodations [/expand]
3:00-4:00 pm	But My Disability Made Me Do It!
4:00-5:00 pm	Compliant and Caring: Are Both Possible?

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General Sessions
8:00-9:00 am	EEOC Priorities and Updates: What You Need to Know to Comply with Employment Opportunity Laws [expand] EEOC Priorities and Updates: What You Need to Know to Comply with Employment Opportunity Laws Resource Handout [/expand]
9:30-10:30 am	Insights from the DOL and EEOC: Current FMLA and ADA Challenges [expand] Insights from the DOL and EEOC: Current FMLA and ADA Challenges Resource Handout [/expand]
10:30-11:30 am	FMLA & ADA: Year in Review
Concurrent Sessions
1:00-2:00 pm	2A. Comparing PFL and PFML Mandates to Untangle the Patchwork
Quick-Dive Sessions
1:00-1:25 pm	2C. How Workforce Flexibility Translates to Absence Management Success
1:35-2:00 pm	2D. Managing the ADA in a Post-COVID World
Bonus Education
2:45-3:45 pm	3A. Supporting Employees During Pregnancy and Childbirth
Concurrent Sessions
4:00-5:00 pm	4A. Safe Leave Laws: What You Need to Know [expand] Safe Leave Resources CDC.gov, Violence Prevention Resources for Action \|Violence Prevention\|Injury Center\|CDC [/expand]
	4B. How to Evaluate and Mature Your Leave Program
	4C. We Goofed; Now What? An FMLA Tale

General Sessions
8:00-9:00 am	Sixty Minutes: DOL Headlines [expand] How to talk to your employer Family Caregiver Information Maternal Health Mental Health Individuals Impacted by Cancer Help for Health Care Providers Memorandum of Understanding with the EEOC FMLA Main Page FMLA Forms FMLA Compliance Assistance Toolkit FLSA Compliance Assistance Toolkit The Employer’s Guide to the Family and Medical Leave Act PUMP at Work EEOC: What You Should Know About the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act [/expand]
9:30-10:30 am	The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the ADA Interactive Process
Concurrent Sessions
10:30-11:30 am	5A. Navigating the Bermuda Triangle of FMLA Eligibility [expand] Form FMLA-37 DOL Employer Guide Form FMLA-112 Template notices and blank certification forms on the DOL website Joint Employement Fact Sheet #28N Form FMLA2004-1-A [/expand]
Concurrent Sessions
1:00-2:00 pm	6A. Name That Law: What to Do When a Leave Is Covered By More Than One Law
Quick-Dive Sessions
1:00-1:25 pm	6C. File a Claim or Call the Game?
1:35-2:00 pm	6D. Managing Risk Like an Absence Consultant
Concurrent Sessions
4:00-5:00 pm	7A. Navigating the Leave of Absence Maze with a Remote Workforce
	7B. Artificial Intelligence: Implementing AI Workplace Tools in a Sea of Uncertainty
	7C. Driving Compliance: How Autokiniton Is Taking the Wheel with Employee Leaves

General Sessions
8:30-9:30 am	One Workplace, Many Generations: Compliant Benefits for All [expand] Absence Management Considerations [/expand]
9:45-10:45 am	Assessing the Ins & Outs of PFML: When Is a Private Plan the Right Move?
10:45 am-12:00 pm	Ask The Experts!