Question:
I have an employee who has only been working for our company for 9 months and have a serious medical condition that would qualify for FMLA, but because they havn’t worked here long enough we can’t offer it to the employee. What can I do?

Suggestion:
There are many situations where an employee isnt’ eligible for FMLA and the employer wants to help, its human nature to care for your fellow human beings. It may be best to have a polciy in your policy handbook that covers these sorts of things, if your company is big enough you can easliy have someone cover for this person and not have to hire someone and then when this person is able to return to work the person covering for this person can resume their regular duties. You can also hire a temp, but training a new person could be an issue. If you have an established policy that indicates you will work with individuals who are not covered under FMLA that gives you more options, but keep in mind, it works for those less desirable employees too! Also check with your state, they may have options available for individuals in this situation.