Discover How to Make Prudent Discipline and
Discharge Decisions While Avoiding Liability!

Is fear of litigation preventing you from making prudent employment decisions regarding employees who have filed workers' comp claims? If so, you may be making business decisions that are negatively impacting your bottom line. Join Council and a leading workers' comp attorney who will clarify your employer rights in these hairy situations. Discover how you can legally terminate an employee with a pending workers' comp claim while avoiding stepping on a minefield of employment laws.

The following topics will be addressed:

• Under what circumstances may an employer legally terminate an employee with a pending workers' comp claim?
• What are the practical considerations of terminating a workers' comp claimant?
• Ensuring that you have the essential documentation to minimize your risks when terminating a claimant
• Implementing investigative measures to uncover fraudulent claims
• Understanding when an employer is required to provide FMLA leave to a claimant
• Examining recent court decisions to determine which conditions qualify as ADA disabilities
• Avoiding ADA land mines: Understanding your obligation to accommodate employees

Moderator: 
Adele L. Abrams, Esq.
Member
Law Office of Adele Abrams

Ms. Abrams focuses her practice in workers’ compensation cases, Family And Medical Leave, OSHA, ADA, harassment and discrimination and many other employment law areas. She is a member of the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission, the District of Columbia Bar; Maryland State and American Bar Associations. Additionally, Ms. Abrams is a member of the National Safety Council; American Society of Safety Engineers; International Society of Mine Safety Professionals, and the Environmental Law Institute. Ms. Abrams earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, George Washington University.