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Upcoming Sacramento Seminar: The Complex Web of Federal, State and Local Leaves of Absence Laws

Download: April Webinar.pdf

Summary of Program
Employers continue to grapple with this very difficult area of employment law. It is not enough to focus on just one law when an employee is unable to work or is absent from the workplace due to some medical condition or injury suffered by the employee or his or her family member. Instead, employers need to understand and comply with how the courts, and various federal and state regulatory agencies, are interpreting the interplay between a number of laws like the FMLA/CFRA, ADA/FEHA, PDL, USERRA, and workers’ compensation. This seminar is designed to help employers and HR professionals understand this complex interplay and to provide some practical guidance on administering leaves and absences.

Program Highlights

  • New Regulations and Agency Directives.
  • What Does Each Law Provide: A Summary of the Statutes and Regulations.
  • A Discussion of the Difference Between “Statutory Leaves” and “Wage
  • Replacement Benefits.”
  • Under What Circumstances the Statutory Leaves and/or Wage Replacement
  • Benefits May Overlap and How to Evaluate and Determine the Employee’s
  • Entitlements and the Employer’s Obligations Under Each Law.
  • The Importance of Engaging in the “Interactive Process.”
  • What are the Courts saying? Recent case law.
  • Effective Documentation: Policies, Leave Administration Documents, and Medical Certifications.

Thursday, April 25, 2013
9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.

Seminar Program
8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Seminar
Approved for 2 hours MCLE credit; HRCI credits available upon request.
There is no charge for this seminar.

This seminar is also available via webinar. Please indicate in your RSVP if you will be attending via webinar. If attending via webinar, MCLE and HRCI credits will be provided upon verification of attendance for the entirety of the webcast.

Location
Weintraub Tobin
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Fl.
Sacramento, CA 95814

RSVP
Ramona Carrillo
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Fl.
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.558.6046
rcarrillo@weintraub.com

Parking validation provided. Please park in the Wells Fargo parking
garage, entrances on 4th and 5th St.

Speaking Engagement: Prop. 8, DOMA, and Thoughts on Same-Sex Planning in CA

The United States Supreme Court recently issued its decisions in United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry, striking down the portion of the Defense of Marriage Act that prohibited federal recognition of same-sex marriages and rejecting the ballot proponents’ defense of California’s Proposition 8, respectively.

Weintraub Tobin attorneys Kay Brooks discussed the holdings in both of these cases at South Placer Estate Planning Council’s monthly meeting on August 20 at La Provence Restaurant. The attorneys noted what will and will not change for estate planners going forward. In addition, they offered suggestions for planning for same-sex couples and clients with gay or lesbian children, and presented a number issues that will still arise in the future, despite these recent cases.

The Twenty-Third Annual Estate & Gift Tax Conference

Hot Topics:  Property Tax Planning and Reporting

The panel will focus on entity and parent to child transfers.  They will address new developments, including planning entity transfers (Ocean Avenue LLC) to avoid reassessment and the appropriate BOE forms to file.

Specialty Credit:

  • Tax: Estate, Gift Tax and Estate Planning
  • Trust & Estates: Estate Planning

Speakers:  Janet Chediak, Richard Moon, Charles Olson