FMLA Recordkeeping Requirements

The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) affords some employees job-protected leave from work under qualifying circumstances. This includes up to 12 weeks of leave per year for the employee’s own or certain family members’ serious health conditions, birth or adoption of a child, and military-related exigencies. As complex as the FMLA is for … Read more

FMLA Eligible Employees

To get really technical about it, there a difference between an FMLA eligible employee and an employee with an FMLA qualifying circumstance. The federal Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) generally allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year related to the birth or adoption of a child, serious … Read more

New FMLA Forms

If your organization has 50 or more employees, then it may have to deal with the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). FMLA compliance involves paperwork. Employers must provide eligible employees prescribed notices and can require their workers to complete leave-request forms. The U.S. Department of Labor maintains sample forms that most covered employers … Read more