Make sure employees understand FMLA calendar
The FMLA was created to allow employees time off to deal with their own serious health conditions or those of family members who need medical care. But the law carefully balances the rights of employees to keep their jobs while facing temporary hardships with the rights of employers to run their businesses.
That’s one reason the statute and the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) FMLA regulations give employers several options for calculating how much leave employees are entitled to at any given time. Most employers choose one of these two:
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