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Pitfalls of Remote Workers
When
8/18/20 1:00 pm EDT
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Event Description
Craft a Policy that Will Keep Your Company Safe
Telecommuting is a popular way to provide flexibility and convenience in the workplace. Workers love it. They can save drive time, reduce commuting expense and better manage life responsibilities including child care, elder care or disabilities.
However, out-of-sight must not become out-of-mind. Employers face serious issues of compliance and liability, including time-off, worker's compensation and even discrimination.
You will also learn the dangers a company faces when it takes away this important benefit, as Yahoo recently experienced.
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Key Objectives
- Learn the key legal pitfalls for employing remote workers
- How to know when telecommuting is a good option for your company
- How to implement a telecommuting policy that protects your company from liabiity
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Your Learning Includes
- Whether you must provide telecommuting as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA
- Whether allowing some but not others to telecommute could give rise to discrimination claims against your organization
- Steps to protect your organization if an employee is injured while working from home
- Handling requests for FMLA leave from employees who work remotely
- Whether organizations need to have a telecommuting policy
- Best Practices for drafting a legally compliant Telecommuting Policy that will protect your workplace
- Q&A with your trainer
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5 or More Attendees? Discounted Group Packages Available, Please Reach Out To:
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Melissa Fleischer, Esq. is a sought-after employment law attorney and founder of HR Learning Center, Inc. Ms. Fleischer provides preventative counseling and proactive training on a wide-range of employment law issues to help employers achieve legal compliance and reduce litigation costs.