In-house ACCess : In-house ACCess: Association of Corporate Counsel : ACC : The In-house Counsel Bar Association

On this month's NTI Committee call, Mark Sampson, Womble Carlyle Labor & Employment attorney presented the Legal Quickie on the new FMLA regulations.  The overview on how the regulations impact all employers with at least 50 or more employees covered:

• New categories of leave for military caregivers and certain qualified exigencies
• Clarifications of what constitutes a serious health condition
• Substantial modifications to employee and employer notice obligations
• Major adjustments to the medical certification process

With these new regulations also comes an entirely new and/or revised set of notices and forms that employers will be required to use. The regulations contain significant revisions which address numerous issues that have plagued employers and employees alike since the initial regulations were published nearly fifteen years ago.

Share your insights and or questions about the new FMLA regulations here and Mark and others will participate in the dialogue.

To contact Mark Sampson directly email him at msampson@wcsr.com or call him at (336) 574-8095.

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On tomorrow's New to In-house Committee Monthly Teleconference, Howard Steinberg, of McDermott, Will & Emery, will be presenting on the ways to bridge the gap between the compliance and legal departments. Here's a quick description of the discussion:

"The current economic crisis and its ramifications are putting legal and compliance departments under additional stress.  This presentation will discuss the intense focus on risk, from a management and disclosure perspective, and the role of legal and compliance departments in the risk process. It will also touch on hot button issues du jour for law and compliance, including greater transparency, executive compensation, and shareholder access, all in the context of reduced resources, lower budgets and likely changes with a new administration in Washington."

If you're new to the in-house community, I highly recommend that you take a minute and sign up for the committee. It's a great place to reach out to your peers, and to help get a feel for what in-house life is all about.

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