Sure, Joan, you can take a leave of absence, but you’re still going to work while you’re out, right?
Is this problem? I guess it depends on whether or not you’re Joan. Let me explain.
The Facts
Joan Smith was a manager in the Ethics Department at Genon Energy, a position which required her to
Sorry I have been away for a bit. Of all things, I’ve been taking some FMLA bonding leave to care for this beauty to the right! I am excited to report that our daughter, Maggie, joined our family just a few weeks back. And I’ve been smitten ever since.
There are a few things that
In the cold, sadistic world that is the FMLA, the Department of Labor tells us that ordinary, run-of-the-mill headaches (a/k/a “non-migraine” headaches) are not covered by the FMLA. Migraine headaches, on the other hand, are covered. When I try to explain the difference in FMLA training sessions for employers, they often look at me like
Ena Wages served as a property manager for one of several apartment complexes owned by Stuart Management Corp. She began her employment on November 17, 2008, and this is significant under the FMLA because nearly one year later, on November 13, 2009, Ena’s physician restricted the number hours she could work as a result of
Q: This week, one of our employees professed her love to one of her co-workers (who is married) and announced to everyone that they had been dating. The problem is — it’s not true. When questioned about it, she continued to insist that she and her colleague had been dating despite clear evidence to the
I received a ton of feedback last week in response to my post about whether an employee can decline FMLA leave even though the absence qualifies under the Act. One question, in particular, was thrown at me repeatedly, and it went something like this:
In our workplace, when an employee doesn’t want to take
What do you do when one of your employees has informed you of what clearly is an FMLA-triggering event (she needs to care for her dad who is seriously ill in the hospital), but then tells you she doesn’t want the absence designated as FMLA leave? I’ll share my opinion below, but in the meantime,
Do you know what’s particularly oppressive about the FMLA? [You: Jeff, everything about the FMLA is oppressive!]
The requirement that an employer return an employee to the same or equivalent position at the end of FMLA leave.
Returning an employee to the same position is easy enough to grasp. The same is the
Employers, can we have a heart to heart? I need to get something off my chest. You see, I’ve witnessed a disturbing trend lately in the court cases I’m reading and in your FMLA practices: too many of you are not recognizing when an employee’s leave request may be covered by the FMLA.
Let me
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