Let’s talk about a bad FMLA habit that just won’t die.
Employee submits a certification. The health care provider estimates the employee will need intermittent leave two times per month.
Fast forward a few months.
The employee has a third flare-up.
And somewhere in America, an HR professional, supervisor, or leave administrator proudly announces: “Sorry.
This morning, the day after the Super Bowl, 16.1 million of your employees will call in “sick.”
Over 6 million of these employees will face discipline for their call-in, according to UKG, which provides workforce management and human resource management services.
I didn’t need this survey to remind me that employers face an
Matt was a correction officer for the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders, which as an aside, sounds like something straight out of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
Before I digress further, Matt served as one of the caretakers for his mom, who suffered from dementia and required daily care. Matt sought FMLA leave,
I’ve often wondered — in fact, even discussed with clients — whether an employer could safely approve an employee’s FMLA-related absence and discipline the employee because he failed to timely report the absence.
I’ve theorized that an employer could pull off both because the discipline punished the late call-in, not the FMLA leave.
But I’ve
If you find yourself mired in FMLA abuse, take comfort in this real-life husband and wife leave escapade.
Location: City of Taipei, Taiwan, which maintains a law in which eight days of paid leave is provided to newlyweds. How nice.
Johnny worked for a bank in Taiwan, and was set to wed his lovely
Jingle Bells is now a faint memory. Three weeks into 2020, we’ve made and already broken our New Year’s resolutions.
Is it a new decade, or is it not?
Who knows and who cares, right?
Whether or not you’ve broken that New Year’s resolution, the turn of the calendar is the perfect opportunity to update
When: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 (12:00 – 1:15 p.m. central time)
Online registration: Click here
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
Can an employer discipline an employee for exceeding the frequency of expected absences indicated on an FMLA medical certification?
I’m actually going to answer this question tomorrow during a free webinar sponsored by the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC), where we will cover key FMLA and ADA cases from 2019. I hope you can attend.
A week doesn’t go by without a client asking me whether they can discipline an employee for exceeding the number of absences allowed on their FMLA medical certification. The fact pattern usually goes something like this:
Johnny is an assemblyman at your 200-employee facility. He assembles johnson rods. He also has a chronic bad
Happy 25th birthday, FMLA!
As you might imagine, there may not be a more exciting day for me all year. After all, there is only one