The February 11 Employer Webinar will cover handling benefits when employees are out on medical or disability leave, including an overview of state laws,

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What Employers Need to Know about Handling Benefits when Employees are on Medical Leave

Tuesday, February 11, 2020
2:00 p.m. Eastern, 11:00 a.m. Pacific

This webinar will:

• Provide an overview of state paid disability leave laws and when an employer must continue benefits for an employee under these laws
• Provide an overview of employer provided short-term and long-term disability insurance and common employer provided disability leave policies, including when an employer must continue benefits for an employee who is on disability leave
• Provide an overview of states with family and medical leave laws and when an employer must continue benefits for an employee under these laws
• Briefly discuss when the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and state workers' compensation laws may be implicated when an employee is going on leave
• Describe best practices for collecting premiums while an employee is out on leave
• Describe best practices for administering benefits when an employee qualifies for multiple types of leave

This 60-minute intermediate level webinar will help employers understand the multiple laws and requirements for continuing benefits when an employee is on leave.

Our presenter is Melissa Shimizu, who is Of Counsel in the Irvine office of Fisher Phillips. She focuses on helping employers navigate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and other state and federal laws impacting the design, implementation and ongoing compliance of their employee benefit plans and programs. She advises clients with respect to all aspects of employee benefits, including retirement plans, health and other welfare benefit plans.

Please note: UBA is finalizing some of the programming needed to display the discount codes on the Wisdom Network Employer Webinar page. We apologize for the delay. If you don't remember your discount codes, please email support@ubabenefits.com to check.

Your Priority Code or Subscription Code allows you to offer the webinar at a discount to your clients and prospects. Subscribers also get a co-branded recording.

Partner Firm employees can attend the webinar for free with their Partner Firm discount code. The code for the February webinar is UBABKT.

Questions about the webinar? Contact Matt Meidell, Manager of Compliance, at mmeidell@ubabenefits.com. If you need help with AdEase, contact Meg Cipar, Editor of Digital Media, at mcipar@ubabenefits.com.