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    The Family and Medical Leave Act and Strategies for Avoiding Employee Abuse--January 2015 meeting

    Date: January 14, 2015, 11:15am – 1:00pm
    Organizer:
    TVC-SHRM, Inc.
    Location:
    Decatur Country Club, Decatur, AL
    Price:
    $15 cost for lunch
    Event Type:
    Meeting
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    The Family and Medical Leave Act

    and Strategies for Avoiding Employee Abuse

    Presented by Robert C. Lockwood from Wilmer & Lee, P.A.

    Robert C. Lockwood is a shareholder in the law firm of Wilmer & Lee, P.A., where his practice focuses on labor and employment law, general civil litigation, and health care compliance.  Mr. Lockwood is a member of the Alabama Board of Bar Examiners and he is a past-president of the Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association.  He is rated as an AV preeminent attorney by Martindale-Hubbell and has been named an Alabama Super Lawyer in the area of employment law since 2011.  Mr. Lockwood is the author of Alabama’s Statutory Exception to the Employee-At-Will Doctrine:  Retaliatory Discharge Claims Under Alabama Code Section 25-5-11.1, 47 Ala. Law. Rev. 541 (1996).  Prior to joining Wilmer & Lee, P.A., Mr. Lockwood served as a judicial clerk for United States District Court Judge C. Lynwood Smith, Jr.   He is admitted to practice before all of Alabama’s state and federal courts.

     

    This presentation will focus on general requirements that are imposed upon employers by the Family and Medical Leave Act.  We will briefly discuss the concept of FMLA leave and an employee’s right to request FMLA leave.  Then, we will focus on the statutorily-mandated process that must be followed for an employee to successfully request and receive FMLA leave and the employer's right to insist upon compliance with that process.  Finally, we will focus on an employer’s rights and responsibilities in responding to requests for FMLA leave.   By the end of the session, attendees should possess a good understanding of the “do’s and don’ts” related to FMLA leave and possess strategies for combatting employee abuse of FMLA leave.