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FMLA FAQ: Can Excess Trips to the Potty Be Counted as FMLA Leave?

By Jeff Nowak on January 13, 2014
Posted in ADA, Intermittent Leave

kid on toilet.jpgQ: One of our employees drinks a lot of water at work and goes to the bathroom continuously throughout the day.  As a result, she uses far more than her normal breaks allow.  She has provided documentation that a severe medical condition in her kidneys causes this predicament. Do we have to allow this? And…

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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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