FMLA Compliance in 2025: A Comprehensive Guide & Strategies for Effective Implementation

FMLA mistakes can cost big bucks and prevent your employees from getting the time and support they need to recover from illness or injury, bond with a baby, or take care of a loved one.  If you struggle setting boundaries with your employees on intermittent FMLA this will help you understand the limitations and benefits to you and your employees.

In this training, you’ll learn the basics of FMLA and how to handle the daily processes. Protect your employer by keeping the rules and supporting your employees. Many companies struggle with FMLA–following the rules actually makes it easier!

• Who is eligible for FMLA
• Remote workers
• Boomerang workers
• What is a family member?
• Serious health condition definition
• Intermittent FMLA rules
• When someone doesn’t work 40 hours a week
• What 12 month rule should you use?
• Make call-in rules your best friend
• Recertification rules
• How does ADA fit?
• What is FMLA retaliation?
• Fitness for Duty
• When you can contact an employee on FMLA
• Mental Health and FMLA
• When someone doesn’t return their FMLA paperwork

• Session Duration: 60 Minutes
• Case Studies and Live Q&A session with speaker
  
• PowerPoint presentation for reference
• Session learning level: Introductory
  
• Delivery method: Group Internet Based
• HRCI Credits: 1.0
• SHRM Credits: 1.0
• IRS Credits: 1.0

• Payroll Executives/Managers/Administrators/Professionals/Practitioners/Entry Level Personnel
• Human Resources Executives/Managers/Administrators
• CPA
  
• Accounting Personnel
• Tax Compliance Officers
• Enrolled Agents
• Tax or Benefits Compliance Oversight
• Public Agency Managers
  
• Risk Manager
• Audit and Compliance Personnel
• Business Owners/Executive Officers/Operations and Departmental Managers

Speaker Profile:

Suzanne Lucas, better known as the Evil HR Lady, has spent the last 25 years in HR, working to make lives better for employees by making HR better. Suzanne's company, Improve Your HR, focuses on improving HR for everyone, through writing, training, and speaking. Suzanne is a regular speaker at conferences and retreats and conducts team-building exercises that people actually look forward to. 

Suzanne had a wealth of experience in guiding people through complex legal scenarios and providing support and coaching to those who had lost their jobs, enabling them to strive toward success once again.

With a background in judicial politics, Suzanne coaches and trains HR departments to comply with complex regulations and regularly translates legalese into Human.