FMLA Compliance

The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is an extremely complicated and exacting law. There are many opportunities for employers to drop the ball by not providing required notices and responses in a timely manner, by seeking too much information (or, on the other hand, being unaware of the right to ask for supporting information), in mismanaging the use of leave, by incorrectly tracking the time applied to a period of FMLA leave, or by unknowingly interfering with employee use of FMLA benefits. Similarly, the FMLA grants employers rights designed to assess what FMLA benefits are due, if any, prevent abuse of FMLA leave, and keep the employer informed of key facts. Many employers are not aware of these tools and fail to use them.

 

When an employee makes a request for time off that may be covered by the FMLA, let us help you from the outset with determining what your legal obligations are and how to handle those obligations correctly. Further, the FMLA can also be tricky because an employee need not make a specific request for FMLA leave for the statute to be triggered, so we help employers understand when unclear situations should be accorded FMLA treatment.

 

In short, we help employers navigate with confidence a process that might otherwise be determined by guesswork.