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Overview: The United States is considered one of the least progressive countries in the industrialized world when it comes to protecting the family in the workplace. This fact is one of the reasons Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act - forcing employers to deal with their employees' family issues. The FMLA is not the only law employers need to know when it comes to family issues in the workplace. Pregnancy discrimination claims have significantly increased over the last ten years. This webinar will walk you through a host of laws such as the FMLA, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII, and state law considerations.

Why should you attend: Work is for work, and family issues should stay at home. If it were only that easy. Yet, family issues frequently cross over into the workplace, and there are a myriad of legal issues that employers must consider when this happens. If you don't handle it correctly, you will find yourself in court. One employer faced a jury by telling an applicant that she wasn't right for the job "because of her family commitments" that resulted from having triplets at home. Even when you are trying to "do the right thing" by telling a pregnant employee that she shouldn't work in a position that is dangerous will land you in court. Like it or not, your employees are in many ways your children, and the law frequently dictates how to handle your "children."

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Understanding how the courts are using Title VII to protect family commitments even though Title VII "does not protect the family"
• Understanding "but for" discrimination and how it is being used to protect mothers in the workplace
• Understanding the Pregnancy Discrimination Act
• How Title VII prohibits you from being paternalistic in the workplace
• Fetal protection and workers compensation concerns
• Protections under the FMLA
• What is a "substantially equivalent" position under the FMLA
• The Americans with Disabilities Act and "association" discrimination

Who Will Benefit:

• Human Resource Managers
• Human Resource Supervisors
• Payroll Personnel
• Company Owners