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FMLA Medical Certification Do’s and Don’ts

Course Description:

When an employee seeks FMLA leave you have the right to request medical certification.  But what type of information can you legally ask for?  Are you allowed to contact the employee’s doctor on your own? Can you require certification in some cases but not in others?

The wrong answer to any of these questions can be disastrous for any organization.  Find out how to legally verify leave requests without putting your organization at risk.  Join CCM in this invaluable audio conference to learn:

• Why contacting an employee’s physician is so dangerous
• The legal boundaries you should NEVER cross when requesting information from a health care provider
• How to handle an employee that repeatedly ignores your information requests
• Best practice strategies to verify the medical details of an employee’s FMLA leave request
• Which forms qualify as “medical certifications:” Doctor’s notes, DOL Form 380
• What you can and can’t ask your employees doctor
• Which privacy laws need to be considered with FMLA medical certifications
• What’s exactly involved with requesting a second opinion
• How to handle and how often can you request medical recertifications
  

FEatured FAculty:

Beth Brascugli De Lima, MBA, SPHR, HRM Consulting, Inc.

Beth Brascugli De Lima, M.B.A., SPHR, founded HRM Consulting, Inc., a California-based human resource consulting firm, in 1993.  As president and principal of HRM Consulting, Inc. Ms. De Lima is nationally certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and has been appointed to sit on the Employee Health, Safety, and Security Special Expertise Panel.  She is a certified mediator, U.C. Berkeley, Extension Program and has been appointed to the Amador County Superior Court Mediation Panel.

Ms. De Lima is an expert in the HR aspects of employment regulation compliance, litigation, and vocational rehabilitation, and has assisted corporate, non-profit, and governmental clients with HR policy development and implementation for over 14 years on a national, statewide, and local level.

Ms. De Lima has extensive experience that relates to federal and state employment legislation including Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA); California Family Rights Act (CFRA); California ADA; Worker’s Compensation; and Sexual Harassment.

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APPROVED FOR RECERTIFICATION CREDIT:

HRCI - Receive 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.

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