The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently issued an official Opinion Letter clarifying the federal regulations regarding an employer’s obligation to designate leave as FMLA-qualifying once it has obtained sufficient information to determine that the leave qualifies as FMLA leave. Various provision in the FMLA regulations require an employer to designate employee leaves as …
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Apr 04
Which 12-month Calculation Method to Use
FMLA Abuse and the “Rolling Back” method of 12-Week Entitlement Calculation Scott D. Macdonald, Esq., SPHR, SHRM-SCP What’s the best 12-month calculation method to use? Let’s examine that backwards: What’s the worst one to use? The 2000 U.S. DOL Survey of employees asked leave-takers who used leave for health-related reasons (excluding disability due to pregnancy) if …