Tag: Family and Medical Leave Act
Child Bonding Leave When Employees Work for Same Employer
We have two employees, Jackie and John, who are married to each other and recently had a baby. Jackie has just been released to...
Use Caution When Contacting Employee on Family Leave about Work
One of our employees is on family medical leave. The employee’s manager has a question he wants to ask the employee about a work-related...
Factors to Consider When Employee Asks to Extend Family Leave
We have more than one employee who have requested extensions of their family leave (for various reasons). Do we have to grant these extensions,...
Don’t Discourage Employee’s Use of California/Federal Family Leave
One of our employees has notified us that he wants to use state/federal family leave in approximately two months when his baby is born....
How to Figure Family Leave Eligibility for Remote Employees
Our corporate office in California has 49 employees, while we also have remote employees in other states — one in Nevada, two in New...
Military Caregiver Leave: When It Applies and When It Doesn’t
I know my business is covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) because we have more than 50 employees, but I...
Exempt Employee Salary Deductions: Proceed with Caution
An exempt employee took off Monday and Tuesday, worked a partial day on Wednesday, and worked full days on Thursday and Friday. He has...
CFRA/FMLA Leave for Elective Surgeries
My employee is requesting CFRA/FMLA leave to have elective surgery. He is potentially eligible for leave because he has worked full-time for us for...
Use Caution When Granting Family Leave Before Employee Is Eligible
My employee wants to take 12 weeks off for child bonding, but he has worked for us for only 11 months so he’s not...
Considerations for Back-to-Back Pregnancy, Family Leaves
My employee of five years gave birth and would like to use California Family Rights Act (CFRA) child bonding time immediately following her pregnancy...
