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Should You Check In with Your Employee During FMLA Leave? Yes, and Here’s Why

By Jeff Nowak on February 4, 2021
Posted in FMLA, Interference

Recently, an email I received from a HR-related organization caught my eye.

The email was fashioned as a Q&A.  One of its members posed a question that I’ve paraphrased here:

Our practice is to reach out to employees on FMLA leave once a month to check in and see how they are doing.  So long

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Jeff Nowak is a shareholder at Littler Mendelson P.C., the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing employers. Jeff has two decades of experience advising and litigating on behalf of employers on a wide range of complex employment law matters and is a recognized leader on FMLA and ADA issues, helping employers develop comprehensive strategies to achieve compliance with employee leave and accommodation issues.

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