Employee Leave Management

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  How To

  How to Handle an Employee's Request for Leave as an Accommodation

  This How To details the steps a prudent employer should take when an employee requests leave as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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  FAQs

  Must an employer continue to provide fringe benefits to employees who are out on sick leave, disability leave or workers' compensation leave?

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  Letters and Forms

  Exhaustion of FMLA Leave Letter

  This letter may be used to notify employees that they have exhausted all of their Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave entitlement.

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  Letters and Forms

  Return to Work at End of FMLA Leave Reminder (One Week to Employee's FMLA Exhaustion) Letter

  An employer may use this letter to remind an employee of the end of their FMLA leave. This reminder ensures prompt employee return to work and provides time for the completion of any necessary paperwork, like fitness-for-duty certification.

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  Letters and Forms

  Key Employee Designation Under the FMLA and Notice of Substantial and Grievous Economic Injury to Employer Letter

  An employer may use this letter to notify a key employee that reinstatement has been denied to prevent substantial and grievous economic injury to operations. This notice should be used in conjunction with the Key Employee Notification Under the FMLA Letter.

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  Letters and Forms

  Potential Termination of Health Coverage Due to Non-Payment During FMLA Leave Letter

  An employer may use this letter to inform an employee of potential termination of health coverage due to non-payment during FMLA leave. This notice must be provided to an employee at the time the employer provides a Notice of Eligibility for FMLA leave.

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  Letters and Forms

  Denial of Reinstatement to a Key Employee After FMLA Leave Letter

  An employer may use this letter to inform key employees on FMLA leave whether, after reevaluation, reinstatement would cause the employer substantial and grievous injury. Failure to conduct a new evaluation can result in a claim that the employer has interfered with the employee's FMLA rights.

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  Letters and Forms

  Request for Family and Medical Leave Form

  An employer may use this form to obtain information about an employee's requested leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). This form should be completed even if the onset of the employee's leave was unforeseeable, and even if the leave is completed by the time the employee is able to complete the form.

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  Quick Reference

  The FMLA's Interaction With Other State and Federal Laws

  This chart is a brief introduction to the FMLA's interplay with state and federal law, and summarizes many of the questions and issues that arise under various employment laws and obligations when employees seek, take and return from FMLA-type leaves.

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  Letters and Forms

  FMLA Key Employee Notification Letter

  This letter may be used to notify an employee of their "key employee" designation under the Family and Medical Leave Act and what that means for the employee.