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2026 Regional Compliance Webinar: Midwest Region Update

Wednesday, Oct. 14
9:00 am PT | 12:00 pm ET

The compliance landscape surrounding absence and disability management is changing at a dizzying pace. DMEC’s annual compliance update webinar series is intended to help employers who might be struggling to keep up with the changes impacting their organizations. Each session in this five-part series focuses on a different region of the United States — bringing you the latest developments in circuit court decisions, legislative updates, leave and accommodation guidance, and other critical compliance news.

This webinar will cover content specific to the midwestern region of the United States: Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Arkansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Kentucky, and Tennessee (6th, 7th, and 8th circuit courts).

Learning Objectives

  • Gain a practical understanding of how the various disability and leave management laws work together throughout the region.
  • Understand recently updated and pending legislation impacting absence and disability management in the Midwest.
  • Learn about recent circuit court decisions that impact disability and absence management under the jurisdiction of the 6th, 7th and 8th circuit courts.
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Presented by

Corey Donovan Tracey
Principal
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sarah Gasperini
Principal
Jackson Lewis P.C.

This session qualifies for the following CEUs:

1 ADMS, 1 CDMS, 1 CLMS, 1 PHR, and 1 SHRM

TO QUALIFY FOR CEUs

  • You must attend the full duration of the webinar. Following the webinar and once attendance has been confirmed, you will receive an email with CEU reporting information.
  • You must register for and watch the webinar individually. Group participation does not qualify for CEU credit.
  • CLMS Exclusively offered by DMEC, the Certified Leave Management Specialist (CLMS) program is the only professional designation of its kind that provides interactive, hands-on training to ensure your programs effectively comply with state and federal leave laws. Learn more about the CLMS program.

Exclusively offered by DMEC, the Certified Leave Management Specialist (CLMS) program is the only professional designation of its kind that provides interactive, hands-on training to ensure your programs effectively comply with state and federal leave laws. Learn more about the CLMS program.

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Corey Donovan Tracey
Principal
Jackson Lewis P.C.

Corey Donovan Tracey is a principal in the Cleveland, Ohio, office of Jackson Lewis P.C.

Corey counsels management across a broad spectrum of labor and employment law issues arising from all aspects of the employment relationship impacting both multistate and local employers. She is particularly knowledgeable about the manufacturing (including food and beverage manufacturing) and automotive industries, although her clients span a range of many different industries. Corey works as a strategic partner with employers to provide practical, business-focused compliance advice on a multitude of management decisions related to hiring; disciplinary action; termination; disability accommodations and leave management; policy and process development and implementation (particularly for multi-state compliance); reductions in force (including WARN Act and Older Workers’ Benefits Protection Act); internal investigations; and other solutions to ensure compliance with federal and state law. Corey prides herself on taking the time to learn and understand her clients’ business needs and goals to ensure that her advice offers creative and practical solutions to best fit their needs while at the same time supporting compliant employment practices to avoid litigation.

Corey is also an experienced and engaging trainer. She presents seminars on a wide range of subjects, including: leave management and reasonable accommodations; preventing discrimination, harassment and retaliation; implementing defensible disciplinary actions and performance management; conducting workplace investigations; litigation avoidance; and a variety of other topics.

Corey defends employers against charges of discrimination involving claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation before federal and state administrative agencies throughout the United States. She also has experience assisting employers
subjected to U.S. Department of Labor audits of Family and Medical Leave Act policies and practices. Corey’s advocacy on behalf of clients also extends to defending employers in employment litigation, including actions involving sexual harassment; discrimination on the basis of sex, age, race, religion, national origin, and disability; wrongful termination; breach of contract; and various other claims.

Sarah Gasperini
Principal
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sarah J. Gasperini is a principal in the Chicago, Illinois, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She represents management exclusively in a variety of employment and labor law matters before state and federal courts and agencies.
On the labor side, Sarah advises employers in defending union organizing campaigns, unfair labor practices, and representation cases. She also assists employers in maintaining union-free workplaces and counsels them in successfully preserving union-free status. In addition, Sarah advises employers on labor contract administration issues and collective bargaining. She has briefed petitions for review of National Labor Relations Board decisions before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and defended 10(j) injunction proceedings in district court.
Sarah also counsels clients on several areas of employment law, including employee handbooks; discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, and disability; disability accommodations; and retaliation, including retaliatory discharge.
While attending law school, Sarah worked as a law clerk with the Chicago office of Jackson Lewis, where she assisted in a variety of matters, including preparing cases for arbitration, researching legal issues, and defending administrative charges. She was also a student editor of the Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal.
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Lindsay Lueken

VP, Disability & Leave Operations

BROADSPIRE

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Alice Cotti

VP, Government Segment Business Solutions

AFLAC

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Seth Turner, Chief Strategy Officer
Seth Turner

Chief Strategy Officer

ABSENCESOFT

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Corey Donovan Tracey
Principal
Jackson Lewis P.C.

Corey Donovan Tracey is a principal in the Cleveland, Ohio, office of Jackson Lewis P.C.

Corey counsels management across a broad spectrum of labor and employment law issues arising from all aspects of the employment relationship impacting both multistate and local employers. She is particularly knowledgeable about the manufacturing (including food and beverage manufacturing) and automotive industries, although her clients span a range of many different industries. Corey works as a strategic partner with employers to provide practical, business-focused compliance advice on a multitude of management decisions related to hiring; disciplinary action; termination; disability accommodations and leave management; policy and process development and implementation (particularly for multi-state compliance); reductions in force (including WARN Act and Older Workers’ Benefits Protection Act); internal investigations; and other solutions to ensure compliance with federal and state law. Corey prides herself on taking the time to learn and understand her clients’ business needs and goals to ensure that her advice offers creative and practical solutions to best fit their needs while at the same time supporting compliant employment practices to avoid litigation.

Corey is also an experienced and engaging trainer. She presents seminars on a wide range of subjects, including: leave management and reasonable accommodations; preventing discrimination, harassment and retaliation; implementing defensible disciplinary actions and performance management; conducting workplace investigations; litigation avoidance; and a variety of other topics.

Corey defends employers against charges of discrimination involving claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation before federal and state administrative agencies throughout the United States. She also has experience assisting employers
subjected to U.S. Department of Labor audits of Family and Medical Leave Act policies and practices. Corey’s advocacy on behalf of clients also extends to defending employers in employment litigation, including actions involving sexual harassment; discrimination on the basis of sex, age, race, religion, national origin, and disability; wrongful termination; breach of contract; and various other claims.