Meeting/Event Information

The Intersection of the ADA and FMLA: Key Strategies for Managing Complex Leave Issues
Presented by Jonathan O. Harris, Shareholder Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

The ADA and FMLA continue to confound employers seeking to comply with the sometimes confusing requirements of both laws.  In this interactive session, Mr. Harris will discuss the myriad issues that may emerge when an employee’s condition implicates both the ADA and FMLA, such as when an employee attempts to use the FMLA to convert a full-time job to a part-time job, uses intermittent FMLA leave to avoid performing an essential function of his or her job, or seeks temporary accommodations  in lieu of taking FMLA leave.  Come listen to Mr. Jon Harris discuss this complex and ever-evolving area of law.

Schedule: Doors open at 7:00 am for registration and networking. Buffet breakfast begins at 7:20 am, and the presentation starts promptly at 8:00 am. 

Breakfast:

• Members: $18 by end of business Monday, March 14,$24 afterwards.*
• Future Members: $24 by end of business Monday, March 14,$32 afterwards.* (See below)**
• MT|SHRM Students: $9 by end of business Monday, March 14, $12 afterwards.*

*On-line registration will close by end of business 2 days prior to the event. Our ability to accommodate walk-in registrations will be based on space availability.

This program has been awarded 1 hour of General HR recertification credit."MT|SHRM is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDC's) for the SHRM-CP and SHRM SCP. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit."

Biography: Mr. Harris represents management in a wide variety of employment-related matters. In addition to defending single-plaintiff lawsuits, Mr. Harris also represents employers in class and collective actions. He has handled countless EEOC charges and defended employers in lawsuits brought by the EEOC, including matters where the agency has asserted systemic claims on behalf of multiple claimants.

In his decade-plus at Ogletree Deakins, Mr. Harris has obtained numerous successes, both in federal and state court. Over 70 cases can be found on Westlaw, where Mr. Harris was counsel for the defense; many of those decisions report dismissal on behalf of his clients. Mr. Harris is not afraid to represent employers in cases involving challenging facts, and he enjoys the opportunity to take a case to trial.

Mr. Harris is a frequent speaker on topics relating to all types of employment issues, and he works with clients on preventive strategies to avoid discrimination, retaliation and other employment claims. After graduating from the Washington University School of Law, from 2000 to 2001 Mr. Harris served as a law clerk for the Honorable E. Richard Weber, a United States District Court Judge in the Eastern District of Missouri.

Mr. Harris is a Fellow of the Nashville Bar Foundation. Mr. Harris has been recognized by the publications The Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers, and his peers have rated him as "AV Preeminent" in Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Harris is the co-chair of the Labor and Employment Section of the Nashville Bar Association, a member of the Tennessee Bar Association's Labor & Employment Law Section Executive Council, and a board member of Middle Tennessee Society for Human Resources Managers.

** Up to $45 of any Guest registration may be applied towards a new 1 year MT|SHRM Membership within 60 days of the event attended.  Please call Shannan at (615) 499-5150 to take advantage.