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The Family and Medical Leave Act is generally considered to be an employee-friendly law, and employers have often felt helpless to do anything but approve leave requests under FMLA and similar laws.
But we shouldn’t feel helpless!
In this
Q: An Employer must allo employees at least 15 days to return a medical certification, but when does the 15-day clock start running?
A: Start on the day the employee receives the request for certification.
The FMLA rules state that if an employer asks for a medical certification or recertification of a serious health condition,
Those sneaky little rascals! While the rest of us were enjoying our Memorial Day holiday, those crazy kids over at the Department of Labor were still working away. This time, they were busy posting the new model FMLA notices and medical certification forms. Expiration: May 31, 2018!
No more month-to-month extensions or lost sleep
Have you ever suspected that your employee has given you an excuse too rehearsed or provided a doctor’s note a bit too slick in support of their leave of absence? Don’t be fooled: they actually might be paying for the excuse.
Just when we thought we’d seen it all. According to a report from the
Have you ever made a rash decision that you wish you could take back the second you made it? One employer must feel that way right about now. Last week, a federal court refused to dismiss FMLA claims made against the employer by an employee who was terminated for exceeding the number of “episodes” of
I received a ton of feedback on last week’s blog post, which discussed Yahoo’s new parental leave policy and its FMLA implications. Much of the feedback related to Yahoo’s decision to provide 16 weeks of paid maternity leave to female employees and 8 weeks of paid paternity leave to male employees. Some wondered whether such
It seems that what Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer taketh, she giveth back. Or something like that.
As you will recall, Mayer made waves several months back when she banned all Yahoo employees from working from home, a rather controversial move seen by some as unfriendly to working parents. Now, in an interesting twist, Yahoo
Q: We have become more aggressive on suspected cases of FMLA abuse and, as a result, we have sent a greater number of employees for second and third opinions after they turn in medical certification. Once we have received the second or third opinion, how long can we rely on it? That is to say
As a management side attorney, I love when FMLA cases provide real, practical takeaways for employers that help them better administer FMLA leave. Yesterday was one of those days, as a federal court took a plaintiff to task for: 1) failing to provide timely FMLA medical certification; and 2) failing to make a good faith
Have your employees’ absences from work been a bit more frequent lately? And are you tired of the lame excuses they’re providing? After all, there are only so many times your employee’s dog can knock over the Christmas tree….on top of your employee, right?
In this “best of” FMLA post, employers need not settle for