Thursday, August 15th from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM OR In-depth 7:30 to 11:45 AM
14545 Bay Oaks Blvd, Houston, TX 77059
We will be meeting at Bay Oaks Country Club and breakfast will be served.
There will be two meeting options available for the month of August:
1) General, 1-hour session (7:30-9:30 AM), OR
2) Extended, in-depth 3-hour session (7:30-11:45 AM)
The Topic
Leave & Accommodation Issues: FMLA, PWFA, and ADA with Alexis C. Knapp
This session will provide an update on developments under federal leave and accommodation law, including trends in litigation and enforcement, new and continuing obligations under FMLA, ADA, and PWFA, and some of the most prevalent and complex issues facing employers in administering leaves and other accommodations.
Learning Objectives
This program will enable participants to, among other things:
(1) Review current policies and identify areas needing updating or adjustment for compliance with current law;
(2) Revisit and improve processes for employees seeking leave and accommodations; and
(3) Improve training of managers to better identify the need to involve HR and recognize the need for leaves and accommodations.
Meeting Agenda
- 7:30-8:30 Check-in / Networking / Announcements / Breakfast
- 8:30-9:30 General (Overview) Session
- 9:30-9:45 Break
- 9:45-11:45 In-Depth (Extended) Session
SHRM and HRCI Re-certification credits are available for this event and will be shared with attendees after the meeting.
Registration
Guests are always welcome and encouraged to attend our meetings!
Overview Session (1 hour 8:30-9:30):
- $38 TXBA SHRM Member
- $48 Non-Member / Guest
- $20 Student
In-Depth (Extended) Session (3 hours 8:30-11:45):
- $75 TXBA SHRM Member
- $85 Non-Member / Guest
- $40 Student
Speaker Information
Alexis C. Knapp worked in various capacities of human resources and higher education before transitioning to Littler, where she has spent the last 16+ years practicing labor and employment law. Over the course of her career, Alexis’s practice has evolved into a deep focus on leave and accommodation issues (The Family Medical Leave Act, The Americans with Disabilities Act, workers’ compensation, return to work situations, and more), from assisting employers with basic compliance questions, to navigating complex challenges in this arena.
Alexis also enjoys providing robust employment counseling and advice to clients on issues such as employee performance management, discipline, terminations, discrimination and harassment concerns, and more. As part of that work, she regularly counsels and assists employers with policy questions, issues and drafting. She is also a regular speaker on a variety of labor and employment law topics for employer and industry groups, and frequently develops and delivers customized training programs for clients.
Alexis is board certified in labor and employment law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR®). She has appeared in court and before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Texas Workforce Commission and the Department of Labor, and has handled administrative and litigation matters against individual plaintiffs and federal government agencies.
Before beginning her legal career, Alexis served as an associate dean of the College of Business and Economics and assistant professor of management at Houston Baptist University (now Houston Christian University), where she taught courses in human resources and employment law at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Prior to that, Alexis was a human resources professional in the public sector, where her focus was employee benefits, organizational policies and procedures and training.
Full bio available at: Alexis C. Knapp | Littler Mendelson P.C.
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