http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/-t1.htm FMLA, CFRA, sick leave, vacation leave and other leaves of absence. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:11:53 GMT 10 http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6515314,00.jpg http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/-t1.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/employer-forcing-early-return-from-maternity-leave-california-t182.htm OverTheStars My friend just recently had her baby on May 20, 2009. She went on leave (presumably PDL) on April 27, 2009. After doing a song and dance with HR as to what kind of leave she was using when and trying to get paper work in order (which at the time of this writing, HR still hadn't squared away) it was understood with HR and Aetna that the return to work date would be August 12, 2009; she was only going to take 3 months. HR even said she could take the extra 4 weeks if she agreed, but she declined. ... Family And Medical Leave Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:11:53 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/employer-forcing-early-return-from-maternity-leave-california-t182.htm#887 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/employer-forcing-early-return-from-maternity-leave-california-t182.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/in-the-middle-of-a-termination-process-t181.htm bwaltz I live in Indiana and work at a State University. Last year I went on FMLA due to going on dialysis. This is an intermittant leave and I do miss work from time to time. Normally this comes to a day to a day and a half per month for checkups. I do regular dialysis at home during the night. Last year my manager seemed to relax my work related tasks so that I could settle back into the position after being in the hospital for over a month and having my whole life change. We even discussed ... Family And Medical Leave Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:45:56 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/in-the-middle-of-a-termination-process-t181.htm#885 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/in-the-middle-of-a-termination-process-t181.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/ca-disability-wrongful-termination-t130.htm ak2009 My wife is on short-term disability as we are fighting breast cancer. In the past 4 months she's been through a mastectomy, and has started her chemo. Two weeks ago her doctor signed approved her moving to long-term disability. My wife let her boss at work know about this and the response from her boss was that she would look out for the new paperwork. We received the LT-disability forms yesterday and today being a treatment day at the hospital (the day her chemo is administered) we ... Family And Medical Leave Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:43:33 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/ca-disability-wrongful-termination-t130.htm#675 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/ca-disability-wrongful-termination-t130.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/paternity-sick-leave-fmla-in-nv-t134.htm TNV Background: * employed full-time for with same company for 20+ years (I have a SIGNIFICANT amount of accrued sick time) * company has more than 50 employees * in the state of Nevada * not-married (marriage is not an option at this time) * girlfriend pregnant and due to give birth in a couple of months Information found: Qualifying Reason for FMLA includes * For birth of the employee's child and to care for the newborn child after birth, or placement of a child with the employee ... Family And Medical Leave Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:52:37 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/paternity-sick-leave-fmla-in-nv-t134.htm#695 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/paternity-sick-leave-fmla-in-nv-t134.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/nj-family-leave-insurance-act-t120.htm Eng&SafetyMgr All employees in NJ have started paying into this plan as of 1/1/09. Effective on 7/1/09 The Act allows for up to 6 weeks PAID leave for covered employees (which is pretty much everyone who works in the State) to Bond with a child or care for a family member with a serious health condition. I nor my HR people have, as of yet ,been able to determine the % rate of payout for this plan. I would venture to guess that it would be a little less than the normal State STD payments would be as the ... Family And Medical Leave Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:38:04 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/nj-family-leave-insurance-act-t120.htm#638 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/nj-family-leave-insurance-act-t120.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/3d-and-the-fmla-t115.htm JoeC (McGruff) You wouldn't know it by how employers treat it, but the FMLA is a remedial statute that must be broadly construed to effectuate its humanitarian purpose. And the purpose of the FMLA is "to entitle employees to take reasonable leave for medical reasons," and to help working men and women "balance the demands of the work place with the needs of families." 29 U.S.C. § 2601(b)(1) and (2). The FMLA is about family values, about allowing workers to be responsible spouses and parents. ... Family And Medical Leave Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:59:14 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/3d-and-the-fmla-t115.htm#620 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/3d-and-the-fmla-t115.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/fmla-changes-t93.htm JoeC (McGruff) The Department of Labor released revised final regulations under the FMLA, which will take effect January 19, 2009. The DOL's webpage on the new regs can be found here: http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla/finalrule.htm The changes seem to offer important clarifications, make leave practices and requirements more uniform, and expand employee rights only in the context of servicemembers. There's lots of good background info on the DOL's webpage, so check it out. JoeC Family And Medical Leave Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:45:28 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/fmla-changes-t93.htm#504 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/fmla-changes-t93.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/paternity-leave-and-fmla-california-t86.htm charlikscott Asking this for a friend. Kyle's girlfriend is due to give birth to their first child in late December. around the 20th, and Kyle is considering taking some time off, say a month, to be at home with the baby. Like me he works retail so he was thinking that he'd wait until January 1 to start the leave (basically be gone all of January) to help with post Christmas Chaos. Seems reasonable to the three of us. He wants to go in and talk to the boss this week about taking the time off. ... Family And Medical Leave Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:24:38 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/paternity-leave-and-fmla-california-t86.htm#473 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/paternity-leave-and-fmla-california-t86.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/fmla-pdl-pregnancy-disability-leave-confusing-california-t67.htm jmyu13 I am pregnant and have started to take disability for my pregnancy due to the severe morning sickness. I have had my doctor completed all the forms and so forth. My question is, if I have started to take disability leave Sept 1, what are my options if I am unable to return to work until 8 weeks later. I received a letter from my HR saying FMLA and PDL run concurrently and that FMLA only allows for 12weeks of leave while PDL allows 88 working days of leave, BUT they run concurrently. Is it true ... Family And Medical Leave Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:19:57 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/fmla-pdl-pregnancy-disability-leave-confusing-california-t67.htm#331 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/fmla-pdl-pregnancy-disability-leave-confusing-california-t67.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/reduction-in-pay-after-returning-from-fmla-t37.htm missychiqui I live in CA and returned from FMLA-pregnancy two weeks ago. I am an exempt Assistant Director doing Patient Services, Financials, Budget Planning and Human Resources working M-F days. In the interim of my leave another manager was hired to do the Financial portion of my job, earning more than myself. Upon my return from my leave, I was told that the new manager would take over the Patient Services portion of the job since the hours had been changed to nights/weekends and I would remain doing ... Family And Medical Leave Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:47:16 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/reduction-in-pay-after-returning-from-fmla-t37.htm#203 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/reduction-in-pay-after-returning-from-fmla-t37.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/returning-only-to-be-laid-off-ca-t50.htm Alynn I actually work for a small company run out of Maryland. This company is a subcontractor for a major architectural firm. So they place me in the CA offices of this major consulting firm--but I am technically an employee of the small company in Maryland. About the time that I went on maternity leave, the firm that I am subcontracted out to began to falter. The office I work at has laid off several people. While I was on maternity leave, Jim my superior at the architectural firm contacted ... Family And Medical Leave Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:05:04 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/returning-only-to-be-laid-off-ca-t50.htm#238 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/returning-only-to-be-laid-off-ca-t50.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/fmla-florida-and-warning-for-performance-t40.htm makeshift15 I have been on intermittent FMLA leave for appointments only and it is whenever I have a flair up I need medical attention. My actual diagnosis is not yet determined and needs multiple tests to rule out cancer, lupus, ms originally it was believed to just be blood pressure w/ memory loss however after being on blood pressure medicine for almost a year memory loss is worse, and so is cognitive dysfunction. My employer has been really good about making sure my time is noted as FMLA and has ... Family And Medical Leave Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:44:05 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/fmla-florida-and-warning-for-performance-t40.htm#210 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/fmla-florida-and-warning-for-performance-t40.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/my-std-and-fmla-got-revocked-same-day-it-was-approved-florida-t33.htm iscruz7769 I've been working for a major telecommunications company for the last 7 years in which I had different positions from sales to coaching to management. Because of an "ethics" issue with one of our customers I was sent home on "crisis leave" until and investigation was completed, for no more than two days according to them. Facing the possibility of losing my job, the situation became very stressful for me, to the point that I had to go to the Doctor and found out that my blood ... Family And Medical Leave Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:41:06 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/my-std-and-fmla-got-revocked-same-day-it-was-approved-florida-t33.htm#177 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/my-std-and-fmla-got-revocked-same-day-it-was-approved-florida-t33.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/pregnancy-disability-t22.htm ZealandandKingsley My company has the right to terminate if out for longer than 90 days on disability. If I have a Dr's note for longer than 90 days can my company terminate me before the end of the 90 days and not pay me my benefits because they know I will be out longer than 90 days? Would it be easier to get a Dr.'s note for exactly 90 days, to get the benefits, then have them terminate me on day 91? TIA Family And Medical Leave Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:06:00 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/pregnancy-disability-t22.htm#106 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/pregnancy-disability-t22.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/wrongful-demotion-fmla-nv-loss-of-insurance-t25.htm Ginnylends [b]I am in need of an answer! I work for a large casino in Vegas that has quite a few properties. I took an FMLA leave on May 20, 2008 (approved through HR) for surgery, and WAS a full time employee on May 20, 2008. On June 5, 2008, I received a call from HR stating that I was demoted to an On Call position, along with 4 other employees from my department, and that my insurance expired on May 31, 2008 and I no longer would receive benefits. I paid for my Cobra policy at a premium of $309 ... Family And Medical Leave Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:42:43 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/wrongful-demotion-fmla-nv-loss-of-insurance-t25.htm#132 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/wrongful-demotion-fmla-nv-loss-of-insurance-t25.htm http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/can-i-be-terminated-california-t19.htm MOB2007 I have worked for my current company for 3 years. They have offices located in almost all of the continental United States. Corporate headquarters is in Colorado where, to the best of my abilities, there are at least 50 people when counting the corp. ofc. site and the other offices in the area. When I asked for my CA Paid Family Leave I was told that if I took it I would not have a job. I returned to work 6 weeks (even though I had had a C-section and was allowed 8-weeks) after having my ... Family And Medical Leave Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:11:57 GMT http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/can-i-be-terminated-california-t19.htm#94 http://joeslegalforum.forumotion.net/family-and-medical-leave-f5/can-i-be-terminated-california-t19.htm