Webinars

• Gain a thorough review of the PWFA and what it requires, as well as when the FMLA covers pregnancy and recovery.
• Learn about the EEOC’s plans to revise PWFA regulations and which protections are on the chopping block.
• Learn all about fertility treatments under the PWFA—which ones are covered and which definitely are not.
• See what’s a reasonable accommodation under the PWFA and when it overlaps with intermittent leave under the FMLA.
• Learn all about child bonding versus post-partum recovery—is there an overlap?
• Determine which post-pregnancy accommodations are also serious health conditions under the FMLA.
• Learn why you should always dock FMLA leave when employees take leave as a reasonable pregnancy-related accommodation.

• Retention periods. Discover exactly how long to retain various documents, including applications, résumés, FMLA forms, payroll records, leave requests, medical data, benefits information and more.
• Document storage. Understand the proper way to organize documents, which ones need to be maintained in separate files and how electronic storage rules differ from those for paper storage.
• Reasonable-accommodation records. Correctly handle requests related to disabilities, pregnancy impairments, religious objections to vaccinations and genetic information.
• Indispensable records. Learn which records should never be deleted and why, as well as the requirements for storing and deleting communication records.
• Personnel file requests. Know what to do when lawyers or employees ask to review personnel files—this varies by state and timing of the request.
• I-9 updates. Stay updated on the new form and procedures, and learn about the new rules for remote examination if you use E-Verify.

• Create and administer an efficient, effective stay interview program — whether in HR or as a people leader.
• How to make stay interviews an effective way to show employees you care and they are valued.
• When, how and how often to conduct stay interviews.
• The best questions to ask.
• How to analyze and act on the information, resulting in higher retention rates.
• Which employees to include — all or just a select few?
• How to analyze and act on the information, resulting in higher retention rates.
• How to boost your most valued employees' job satisfaction and level of engagement.

• Identify Systemic Burnout Drivers:
Distinguish between individual stress symptoms and root-cause organizational friction—such as cognitive overload, goal ambiguity, or process bottlenecks—to address issues before they lead to turnover.
• Conduct High-Empathy Coaching Conversations:
Utilize structured, non-defensive 1-on-1 and team coaching scripts to check in on employee capacity, focus on career and professional development, and co-create realistic priorities.
• Establish Clear Operational Norms:
Implement sustainable team boundaries and "structured flexibility"—including off-hours communication protocols, explicit priority trade-offs, and streamlined meeting cadence.

• Why you need a formal attendance policy. Learn how to structure a policy that establishes attendance as an essential job function.
• How the FMLA impacts absenteeism. Understand when intermittent absences are a protected right and how they affect your attendance policies.
• Tracking absences while staying compliant. Learn how to account for FMLA, PWFA and ADA absences in performance evaluations and no-fault attendance policies.
• Handling attendance issues with disabled workers. Discover how to prove attendance is an essential job function while complying with ADA regulations.
• Accommodating pregnancy-related absences. Reasonably accommodate pregnancy-related absences and restrictions before and after birth under the PWFA.
• PUMP Act compliance. Manage unlimited milk-expression breaks under the PUMP Act rules.
• How military leave impacts attendance. Learn the rules under USERRA, including extended absences for active duty.
• Spotting and addressing leave abuse. Identify red flags and implement strategies to prevent misuse of protected leave.
• Balancing religious accommodations. With strict Supreme Court rules and an administration that’s serious about protecting religious rights, update your attendance rules to accommodate religious absences.

• Gain a clear understanding of the three levels of respect and how these traits show up at work.
• Speak with clarity and purpose in meetings and presentations while learning public-speaking strategies that earn respect and engagement.
• Communicate disagreement while maintaining high regard.
• Take ownership of your communication style and its impact.
• Shift etiquette from rule-based behavior to culture-shaping leadership.
• Clarify intent and expectations, reducing defensiveness and confusion.
• Set interactions up for success before they begin.

• Understand “real world” FMLA scenarios. We’ll explain how to manage the common FMLA problems you face daily and how to avoid potential legal pitfalls associated with overlapping state and federal leave laws.
• Use compliance tools correctly. Learn how to use the tools of compliance to address unscheduled and intermittent leaves (certifications, call-in rules, attendance procedures and more), and how to account for intermittent leave by the hour. It’s not as simple as you think.
• Proper certifications. Know what to do—and what not to do—when FMLA call-offs exceed the intermittent-leave certification you have on file (there’s new legal guidance).
• When to say no. Employees can use intermittent leave every day to change their schedule permanently. Know if and how you can say no to such demands.
• Know how to track time off. The FMLA and the PWFA allow pregnant workers short bursts of unscheduled leave. Learn how to track both concurrently.
• Learn all about the DOL’s latest opinion letters on intermittent FMLA leave and how to avoid the traps they identify. They lay out a path for the best (and worst) steps to complying with intermittent-leave laws.