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The letter acknowledges that under the FMLA, employees can elect to use accrued vacation, sick and workers’ comp leave for unpaid FMLA leave, and employers can require it. This substitution runs concurrent with FMLA leave until the entitlement is used up.
Read MoreA federal court has decided that employees like HR professionals and supervisors can sometimes be held personally liable for FMLA violations. That means their assets can be seized to pay damages.
Read MoreAn employee with a pregnant wife stated he will be taking off two weeks when the baby comes and expects to be paid per the law. Our employee manual does not address this—it only addresses female employees. What would need to be added to the policy to accommodate male employees who want to be off with their wives?
Read MoreI understand that the FMLA allows salaries to be reduced for exempt employees who are on intermittent FMLA. However, my question is this: Would I change them to an “hourly basis” during the approved intermittent FMLA event? And if so, would they be eligible for overtime? Or would I just continue to track the FMLA hours and reduce their pay based on the hours they used?
Read MoreA new federal appeals court decision says employees can, indeed, take FMLA leave to care for siblings who have serious health conditions.
Read MoreIt’s a new HR year and we’re here with some important lessons from the top four employment lawsuits of 2024. Don’t repeat these employer mistakes.
Read MoreHow can intermittent leave work in a school setting?
Read MoreWe have an employee who quit, but then came back to work for us a few months later. Does the hours-worked requirement start with her rehire date or does it go back to their original start date?
Read MoreSuppose an employee states she is going to be absent because she is not feeling well due to pregnancy and is going to see her doctor. We as her employer consider the day to be covered by the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, so there’s no need for a doctor’s note. But if she continues to need time off because she is not feeling well due to pregnancy, at what point have we moved from time off for a normal pregnancy symptom and into leave?
Read MoreEmployees who are eligible for FMLA leave sometimes don’t want to take it because it’s unpaid. However, some have begun asking to take intermittent FMLA leave on a work-from-home basis. Must employers grant such a request? It’s tricky.
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