One the biggest FMLA headaches for employers is when an employee fails or refuses to provide information to cure insufficient or incomplete medical certification. When the employer does not have the information to determine whether an absence qualifies as FMLA leave, it is left with a true dilemma: Try and obtain permission to talk to
May 2011
Employee’s FMLA Claim Dismissed After Taking a Trip to Cancun
By Jeff Nowak on
Posted in Abuse of FMLA leave
Employees should think twice before setting off on a Cancun vacation while out on FMLA leave. In an FMLA decision that smacks of pure common sense, a federal court has upheld an employer’s reasonable work rules that restricted an employee’s travel outside the immediate vicinity while on FMLA leave. Pellegrino v. CWA (pdf).
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Are Employees Eligible for FMLA Leave When A Natural Disaster Strikes?
By Jeff Nowak on
Natural disasters like the kind we recently have witnessed in the flood-ravaged areas of the southern United States raise a host of issues for employers. Some wonder whether they are required to pay their employees during suspended operations; others are unsure whether and to what extent health benefits should be offered. But what about an…