Family and Medical Leave

This course provides supervisors and managers practical skills for complying with the Family and Medical Leave Act and applicable state and local laws and organization policies. Among other things, this course addresses the following issues:

• What are the conditions for which FMLA leave may be taken?
• Can we require the employee to provide a doctor’s note?
• Can we ask for a second or third opinion from another doctor?
• Must the employee specifically say that he or she is requesting, “FMLA leave”?
• How much notice of the need for leave must the employee give?
• How quickly must we respond to an employee’s leave request?
• What steps should supervisors take to ensure that we are not forced to provide employees with more leave than the law requires?

• How much leave is an employee entitled to?
• Can we require an employee to take FMLA leave concurrently with other available leave?
• When is an employee entitled to intermittent or reduced schedule leave?
• What can we do to monitor abuse of intermittent and reduced schedule leave?
• What if we need to discipline or terminate an employee who is out on FMLA leave?
• How do we avoid discrimination or retaliation claims from employees?

• Can we require employees who were on FMLA leave for their own serious health conditions to provide medical certification of their ability to perform the essential functions of the job?
• Should we require a fitness-for-duty report before the employee returns to work?
• Once FMLA leave expires, can other laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, require additional leave?
• Do we have to return the employee to the same position when he or she returns to work?

The course can be delivered on-site at your location or using webinar technology your supervisors can attend at their desks at a time convenient for them.

This course is part of the “Employment Law for Supervisors” series.