FMLA and ADA Master Class 2025

Gaining Critical Skills to Manage an Employee with a Medical Condition

Imagine spending four consecutive days deepening your knowledge of the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act and gaining practical insight to manage employee absences and accommodations. For those of you who’d rather have your teeth pulled out one-by-one, hang with us here.

What if we told you that, over these 11 hours of FMLA and ADA goodness, you might even have a few (hardy) laughs and leave this experience feeling like you have conquered nearly every FMLA and ADA frustration?

For the past few years, Littler shareholder and FMLA Insights author Jeff Nowak has conducted an FMLA master class, switching over last year to an ADA course. This year, Jeff is offering entirely new content in a combined FMLA and ADA master class! In this new, interactive, four-day (11-hour) course, Jeff will help you master the critical components of the FMLA and ADA to become more comfortable with managing an employee with a medical condition.

Over four days, Jeff will use tons of case studies, recent case law, and a bit of humor to help you master the common, yet difficult, FMLA and ADA issues you face every day.

All the topics that Jeff is covering can be accessed in the detailed agenda. In this master class, you and your colleagues will learn how to:

• Determine an employee's FMLA eligibility and what qualifies as a serious health condition
• Identify when an employee has put you on notice of the need for FMLA leave, and how to send out the appropriate FMLA notices
• Conduct a review of FMLA medical certification and learn how to push back on vague certification
• Effectively manage intermittent FMLA leave and discipline employees when their FMLA-related absences exceed approval
• Recognize when to start the ADA interactive process and work toward “getting to YES” in the accommodation process
• Determine whether an accommodation is reasonable, what type of accommodation is needed, and how to implement it (we’ll cover, in particular, leave as an accommodation, remote work, accommodations for neurodiverse employees, reassignment, and pregnancy accommodations)
• Make appropriate medical inquiries where you’re concerned about an employee’s fitness for duty or safety in the workplace
• Navigate situations where there is an intersection of FMLA, ADA and worker’s compensation issues
• Implement pregnancy accommodations

This FMLA and ADA Master Class will benefit you no matter your experience level. Are you just breaking into human resources and need a critical foundation on these two laws? This class is for you. Are you a more seasoned HR, FMLA or ADA professional who needs some practical ideas to administer employee leaves and manage reasonable accommodations, assess employee fitness for duty, and handle sensitive employee conduct and performance issues? This class is for you. Are you an in-house attorney who seeks a better understanding of the FMLA and ADA pain points so you can appropriately counsel your internal clients? This class is for you, too.

You will receive:

• A workbook that you can use as your FMLA and ADA “bible” long after the course has ended. This workbook provides detailed analysis of virtually every aspect of the FMLA and ADA, along with the latest 2024-2025 case law for your reference as you manage these issues
• Detailed PowerPoint slides from the Master Class
• A personalized link to access the Master Class recording afterward so you can listen to the course again and again for up to 90 days after the event
• An FMLA/ADA Master Class attendee badge to post in your email signature or social media profile

March 4 - 6
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. PT
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. MT
12:00 - 3:00 p.m. CT
1:00 -4:00 p.m. ET

March 7
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PT
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. MT
12:00 - 2:00 p.m. CT
1:00 -3:00 p.m. ET

Registration Fee: $545.00