Helping clients navigate ADAAA/FMLA leave regulations

Navigating an employee’s return to work after a disability leave can be complex for your clients.

Navigating an employee’s return to work after a disability leave can be complex for your clients. There can be many unknowns, including what questions an employer can ask the employee about his or her condition, what needs to be put in place for a successful return, and, the No. 1 thing: when can an employee actually be expected to return to work.

Your clients might also not be aware of the proper course of action for determining when or how to help an employee return from a leave of absence. Making things even more complex are the multiple pieces of legislation that affect the way these situations need to be handled. Primarily, these include: