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Topic: Managing Employee Leave and Attendance Issues
Managing employee leave and attendance issues is fraught with legal compliance issues, including related to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). With increased issues following COVID-19 and a shift to work from home, it is more important than ever for employers to understand their legal obligations. This meeting will provide you with the tools needed to confidently address issues as they arise.
- Identify the legal issues implicated by employee attendance issues
- Develop strategies for addressing employee attendance issues
- Identify employers’ legal obligations for managing employee leave and attendance issues, including under FMLA and ADA
Speaker:
Susan Burton
BIO: Susan Burton is a native Austinite who has practiced law in Austin for over 30 years. She joined the firm as a named partner in 2018. She is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and serves as an Arbitrator in employment law cases for The American Arbitration Association.
Ms. Burton advises employers on day-to-day personnel issues such as discipline, discharge, employee lay-offs, disability and reasonable accommodation, family and medical leave, on-the-job injury, hiring, employment contracts and policies, employee handbooks, wages and overtime, and non-competition and confidential information issues. She works with employers on risk prevention strategies such as review and revisions of employee handbooks, employment agreements, confidentiality, non-compete, and non-disclosure agreements, supervisor and employee training (including sexual harassment and discrimination training).
Ms. Burton has extensive experience representing employers in administrative proceedings. She advises employers in responding to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation charges filed with the EEOC, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Austin Human Rights Commission. She advises and counsels employers on wage and hour and overtime issues and how to respond to and manage audits by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Texas Workforce Commission. She also represents employers in OSHA enforcement actions.
She also has a depth of state and federal trial experience representing the interests of employers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, ADA, and claims for unpaid wages and overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act. In addition, she has successfully obtained temporary restraining orders and temporary injunctions in disputes over non-competition agreements and misappropriation of confidential information.
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