Category Archives: FMLA

TEST YOURSELF- FMLA, DISABILITIES, AND LIGHT DUTY An employee, Jessie Crutch, had a long-time reasonable accommodation of being allowed to rest his hip for a few minutes every few hours while working as a warehouse custodian.  As the injury got … Continue reading

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FMLA BRAIN TEASER One of our favorite blogs is operated by the law firm of Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete and entitled “Employment and Labor Insider.” It posted a piece this week about an odd FMLA situation that challenges all … Continue reading

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FOR ALL US FMLA GROUPIES I know that some union locals have designated stewards who handle all their FMLA matters.  The rest need to be able to get answers quickly when a member knocks on the door with an FMLA … Continue reading

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FMLA TO CARE FOR SIBLINGS? We have said it before and will say it again.  Fedsmill is not a legal advisor.  We will leave that to your union lawyers. Fedsmill, on the other hand,  advocate for things that help federal … Continue reading

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FMLA OFTEN REQUIRES PERFORMANCE STANDARD ADJUSTMENTS Often an employer must adjust an employee’s performance standards once it approves the employee’s FMLA leave request.  Not long ago a Federal Circuit Court spelled it out for LR practitioners on both sides of … Continue reading

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FMLA OFTEN REQUIRES PERFORMANCE STANDARD ADJUSTMENTS Often an employer must adjust an employee’s performance standards once it approves the employee’s FMLA leave request.  Not long ago a Federal Circuit Court spelled it out for LR practitioners on both sides of … Continue reading

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CALLING ALL UNION FMLA SPECIALISTS A number of unions have one person designated to help members who encounter problems getting their Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) rights respected. Those representatives need all the help they can get to deal with … Continue reading

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DOES FMLA COVER ABORTION AND TRAVEL TO GET AN ABORTION?  We want to pass along a very thoughtful piece from the folks at FMLA INSIGHTS that attempts to answer that.  Click here for a link.

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CALLING ALL FMLA MAVENS In an ideal world, each union local has a steward or officer who is the employees’ expert/ specialist/whiz/maven in FMLA matters, i.e., someone who knows more than the ten most common things about the law and … Continue reading

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UNION REP TEST #21- (FMLA, DISABILITIES, AND LIGHT DUTY) An employee, Jessie Crutch, had a long-time reasonable accommodation of being allowed to rest his hip for a few minutes every few hours while working as a warehouse custodian.  As the … Continue reading

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