Companies need to continue paying for employees’ healthcare coverage while they’re on FMLA leave. But can you recover any of that cost if an employee decides not to come back?
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Tags: FMLA, health premiums, return to work
Many companies require employees to use paid sick time concurrently with FMLA leave. But if employees are disciplined based on how much sick time they use, does that discriminate against employees who’ve taken leave?
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Tags: FMLA, paid leave, sick days
For whatever reason, not all employees who are offered FMLA leave decide to use it. But can companies get in trouble when those employees are disciplined for excessive absences?
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Tags: FMLA, leave request. absences
Employees on FMLA can’t be denied any benefit they earned before taking leave. But what does the law say about employees on leave accruing benefits that are based on hours worked?
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Many employers choose to have leave policies that are more generous than what the FMLA requires. But as a recent case shows, that doesn’t mean those companies are immune to lawsuits.
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Tags: FMLA, paid leave, returning from FMLA leave
Supervisors are often the first point of contact with employees on medical leave. That’s why it’s important for them to be trained on the basics of the law — and to come to HR anytime there’s confusion.
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One way companies help curtail FMLA abuse: Hold employees on medical leave to the same absence policies as everyone else. But is that legal?
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The Department of Labor has published updated FMLA forms HR pros will need to use when new regs go into effect on January 16.
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Tags: Department of Labor, FMLA, forms
Proposed changes to the FMLA are now official and will go into effect January 16, 2009.
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Tags: Federal Register, FMLA, new regs
A recent court ruling expands the list of reasons employees can take leave under FMLA.
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Tags: family member, FMLA, grandchild
