http://www.fmla-rules.com All the questions you have about Family Medical Leave Act, answered! Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:43:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What is FMLA retaliation? Simply put, FMLA retaliation is when an employee regrets taking Family Medical Leave due to the actions of his/her employer. An example would be; after an employee returns from medical leave the employer begins treating the employee differently than they did prior to the employee's leave, ... http://www.fmla-rules.com/2010/01/fmla-retaliation/ What if you are injured on the job and need substantial time to recover, can you take FMLA for the time off even though you are getting Workers Compensation? In most states, yes! If your injury is serious enough to be eligible for FMLA then you can take ... http://www.fmla-rules.com/2009/10/on-the-job-injury-and-fmla/ Need an Employment Lawyer? Most employers will require an employee taking FMLA to use their vacation and sick pay as part of FMLA, but some allow an employee to use their vacation THEN their unpaid FMLA time. Check with your employer to find out what their policy is on taking ... http://www.fmla-rules.com/2009/08/can-i-use-vacation-time-with-fmla/ One question that I frequently get asked is "When should I seek legal advice?" http://www.fmla-rules.com/2009/04/when-should-i-seek-legal-advice/ Question: I was out on FMLA when I received notice that I was being laid off, can my employer do that? Your Ad Here http://www.fmla-rules.com/2009/02/question-from-joe-in-utah/ Overview http://www.fmla-rules.com/2009/02/fmla-final-rule-goes-into-effect/ Question: I am 21 weeks in remission from breast cancer, still have hormonal therapy , doctor and lpab followups every three months with a current diagnosis of cancer. My employer states that I am not eligible for FMLA and that when I took intermittent leavre last year for treatment I was ... http://www.fmla-rules.com/2009/01/question-from-susan/ Question: my son is 7 months, myhusband wanted to take a break from work because he could never get any sleep.Recently he went to hr and they told him he could not take fmla leave cause it needed to be taken with in 3 days of the baby birth. Is this ... http://www.fmla-rules.com/2009/01/question-from-londa/ It has finally been updated, a new poster from The U.S. Department of Labor. Be sure to get your poster up with your other employment posters ASAP. You can find the poster here: http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/regs/compliance/posters/fmlaen.pdf http://www.fmla-rules.com/2009/01/new-fmla-poster/ Question: I have worked for my employer full time for 2.5 yrs. I was injured on the job 8/08 have an active work comp claim. I requested and FMLA for numerous times and was refused, HR stated that I could not use FMLA with work comp, is this so? Your Ad Here ... http://www.fmla-rules.com/2009/01/question-from-maree/