Brightmine Webinars
PTO or PT "Oh No!" – Ensuring Compliance While Maximizing Leave Benefits
Wednesday, July 16 at 2pm EST
Speaker: Robin Shea
Paid Time Off (PTO) and other forms of leave are significant employee benefits, playing a crucial role in preventing burnout, boosting morale and enhancing productivity. They are a powerful recruitment tool, offering considerable advantages at minimal cost. However, the legal complexities surrounding leave – both paid and unpaid – present challenges in compliance and can expose businesses to risks, including possible penalties and litigation. This is particularly challenging for employers operating across multiple states where differing regulations must be followed.
In this 60-minute webinar, attorney Robin Shea, a partner with the management-side employment law firm Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, will address these issues and provide insights into handling leave and PTO. She will explore statutory requirements and effective strategies to manage compliance and mitigate risks, as well as share practical solutions for optimizing PTO as an employee benefit.
Attendees will learn:
- Ways to approach PTO and unpaid leave to address legal complexities effectively
- How to comply with leave requirements across multiple jurisdictions
- Ways that organizations benefit by providing leave benefits
- Steps employers can use to help employees use their leave benefits
- And more!
Robin has more than 30 years' experience representing employers in most areas of employment law, including state and federal anti-discrimination laws, harassment, retaliation, disability discrimination and reasonable accommodation, reasonable accommodation of religious beliefs, and the Family and Medical Leave Act.
She defends employers in the courts and before agencies including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Department of Labor, and also provides preventive advice and conducts training for human resources professionals, management, and employees on a wide variety of topics.
Robin is editor in chief of Constangy’s legal bulletins and its three law blogs Affirmative Action Alert, California Snapshot, and Employment & Labor Insider.
ADA and Reasonable Accommodation Strategies for Changing Times
Wednesday, August 13 at 2pm EST
Speakers: Chaz Billington and Hannah Mulkey
Mastering the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires not only meeting legal requirements but enriching the employee experience. The ADA is a complex law with numerous rules and guidelines that make it easy to make a mistake. Complying with legal requirements and providing reasonable accommodations protects against legal liability and improves inclusivity, productivity and employee satisfaction, all of which contribute to attracting and retaining talent.
In this 60-minute webinar, attorneys Chaz Billington and Hannah Mulkey of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease will discuss key aspects of ADA compliance and effective strategies to address accommodation requests. They will also look at what changes in federal policies mean for employers and how HR can confidently uphold ADA standards while fostering an equitable and welcoming workplace.
Attendees will learn:
- Key challenges of the ADA and reasonable accommodations employers face today
- How to adapt compliance practices to rapidly evolving federal and state requirements
- Effective ADA compliance approaches that support all employees, whether onsite, hybrid or at remote locations
- And more!
Chaz is a partner in the Vorys Cleveland office and a member of the labor and employment group. He has significant experience advising in-house legal counsel and HR leaders on a wide range of labor and employment matters, including: the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); collective bargaining, labor relations issues and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB); drafting and implementing employee handbooks; providing management and employee trainings; and assisting with HR related issues associated with both mergers and acquisitions.
He has experience leading investigations of, and responses to, NLRB unfair labor practice charges and NLRB hearings, including coordination of investigations, interviews, affidavits, and preparation of hearing briefs.
Chaz received his J.D. summa cum laude from Cleveland State University College of Law and served as a senior editor for the Cleveland State Law Review. He also served as a research editor for the Cleveland State Journal of Law and Health. He received his B.S. and A.A.S cum laude from the University of Akron.
Hannah is an associate in the Vorys Cleveland office and a member of the labor and employment group. She has significant experience representing clients in complex and sensitive commercial disputes involving a wide variety of claims, including defamation, breach of contract, personal injury, trademark infringement and business torts.
She received her J.D. summa cum laude from Notre Dame Law School, where she was executive managing editor and diversity committee co-chair for the Notre Dame Law Review. Hannah received her B.B.A. summa cum laude from Texas A&M University.