FMLA and Job Restoration and Reinstatement Rights
September 04,2025
December 31,2025
All Days
90 Minutes
Recorded Webinar
Human Resources
Navigating the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) can be challenging, especially when it comes to job restoration and reinstatement rights. This comprehensive webinar is designed to equip Human Resource professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to ensure compliance while confidently managing employee leave and return-to-work scenarios. You’ll gain clarity on key FMLA provisions and develop a deeper understanding of the employer’s obligations regarding pay, benefits, and job status following a protected leave of absence.
Failure to properly handle FMLA reinstatement can lead to serious legal consequences, disrupt workplace morale, and expose your organization to compliance risks. This training will provide practical, real-world guidance on handling job restoration, managing exceptions (including for “key employees”), and documenting decisions to safeguard your processes. Whether you're addressing routine leave cases or complex return-to-work situations, this session will strengthen your HR team's ability to respond with confidence and compliance.
Why Should You Attend?
- Understand Legal Requirements: Learn how to legally restore an eligible employee to their position, including rules around pay, benefits, and terms of employment.
- Identify Rights and Limitations: Clarify when reinstatement obligations may not apply, such as in cases of layoffs unrelated to leave, and gain insight into the special rules for “key employees.”
- Apply Practical Guidance: Develop consistent internal processes for handling employee returns from FMLA leave in a compliant and efficient manner.
- Mitigate Legal Risk: Avoid common pitfalls that often lead to disputes or legal claims by understanding critical documentation and notice requirements.
- Prepare for Complex Scenarios: Get actionable strategies for managing unusual or high-risk cases involving FMLA reinstatement.
A strong command of FMLA job restoration rules helps HR professionals minimize risk, enhance compliance, and protect employee trust—making this training essential for effective leave management.
Who Should Attend?
- HR managers and team members
- HR compliance officers
- Line managers and supervisors
- Payroll and benefits administrators
- Anyone responsible for employee leave management
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Lauren Sobaski is an associate in the firm’s Kansas City office. She focuses her practice on employment discrimination and related litigation, employment law training, drafting policies and procedures, and wage and hour law.
Before engaging in the practice of law, Lauren spent 15 years in human resource management. This experience gives her a unique insight into the employment law matters that are most important to her clients. Most recently, Lauren was a human resource consultant at Paychex, where she provided human resource management to 75 businesses operating in 20 states. Lauren’s significant career in human resources positions her well to work with her clients to identify and obtain practical business solutions to their toughest employment issues.
Lauren is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), which is issued by the Human Resource Certification Institute, and a Society of Human Resource Management Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP).
During law school, Lauren served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr. in the United States District Court, Western District of Missouri. She also interned at the United States Department of Labor Office of the Solicitor, where she worked on OSHA and wage and hour investigations.
