2022 DMEC Virtual Annual Conference: Recent ADA and FMLA Trials - Employer Wins and Losses

Hundreds of court decisions interpreting employer obligations under the ADA and the FMLA are decided each year ? including frequent large jury verdicts and settlements of ADA and FMLA claims. In this session, we?ll share important lessons learned from recent lawsuits as well as dos and don?ts with regard to ADA/FMLA compliance challenges. You?ll have the chance to participate via interactive polling to predict the jury outcomes and learn what makes courts and juries sympathetic to employers and what does not. And we?ll cover tips to avoid liability and improve your policies, practices, and processes for handling FMLA requests and ADA accommodation issues.

• Review the most recent ADA/FMLA court cases and jury verdicts and settlements.
• Take away ?lessons learned? and practical guidance about how to avoid lawsuits and liability
• Gain insights into why employers win, and also why they lose.
• Laugh at the lengths employees will go to for some time off work and cry at employer?s avoidable mistakes!