Maternity leave/ Pregnancy

I have been with my company for 6 months now and Im having a baby in July. So Ill have been with them 10 months. I do not qualify for FMLA since I have not been there 12 months. If I have a DR. note can thay ask me to resign my position? They cant even garentee me my job babk.

using vacation time

going out on medical leave for six weeks, (hysterectomy) must I use my vacation time? or can I just go on disability?

flma

I have flma it was approved 5/30/07 and i have ibs and used my flma intermittently and was out for month of feb and Mar and i have used all of my 504 hrs. and my aniversary date is 5/30/08. will i be able to get re-certified in 5/30/08 or will i have to wait till 5/30/09?

Laid off while on intermittent family leave

I was recently laid off while on intermittent family leave. My father suffered a severe stroke to his spinal cord. I was told my position was eliminated as the company ''right sized'' the organization and consalidating two offices. However, the question I have is, there are two of my position. One person still remains in the same position at the office within the same area. By law, should I have been laid off? My family leave rarely interferred with work. I would take 1-2 days per month on average, most of the time making up my time and / or maintaining the same workload. I took 2 family leave days in February, just 2 weeks prior to being laid off. When I was being laid off, I asked about how this could happen while being on FMLA. The HR person stumbled over their words and said they didn't realize I was still on leave, but it didn't matter since my position was eliminated. Was I wrongfully terminated?

Laid off after returning on Maternity leave

hello,

I recently returned back from maternity leave. I returned to work on a monday and was let go on a thursday. Claiming they didn't need my position, however no one else was let go except me and i know for a fact my position is needed, or at least i was told by my superiors that they were anxiou for me to come back due to the amount of work. am i protected by any law?

FMLA Code

I was told that a company with more than 5 employees in California had to comply with FMLA.� Where can I find that info online?

materity leave

i am the only employee at the company and my boss is refusing to pay me materity leave what can i do about this situation?

Fmla

The company I work for holds ANY unscheduled sick time you use against you, unless it falls under FMLA. Even a Dr. note that you were ill or being in the hospital emergency room doesn't appease them.

Is it an FMLA requirement that each and every illness (minor or major)be covered or is this a company procedure?

We have sick leave, but many are afraid to use it and come to work with fevers, making others that are near them sick.

Something does not seem right.

Avaliability being questioned due to FMLA

I recently applied for a promotion at work, it is a large company with over 2,000 employees. After i did not get the job the only feedback I got was that everything was great excpet for my avalibility. I asked what they meant by avaliability and was told it was my attendance. The interesting thing is that the only time I had really taken off was for FMLA. Is this something I should fight?

Does spouce have legal rights to my home?

I purchased a house, soley in my name. Shortly after I was married. It's been 3 years and were contiplating a divorse. Does my spouse have any legal rights to my home?

would I have a case

I was fired from a 7 1/2 years job, because I had to take time off for my daughter....she overdose and I was with her in childrens hospital, then after this I had to get the proper doctors to help her. I called my employer at home on a sunday night. explained what happened and asked for a few days off to take care of my daughter and her needs, but I would be back on the next monday. the employer said ok and for me to take care of my daughter. I called into work monday to let the office know and that I had talked to the boss of the company. everything was ok...I thought... I got a card from all the employees and managers of support.... but when I returned to work that monday.... I was told I was fired on the past wendesday.. two days after I had talked to everyone..... the reason was that due to the inability of me not reporting.... they had to let me go. I was under the impression that ''don't worry about things here we will do ok without you, take care of your daughter'' meant everything was ok... but it was not. I lost my job with no verbal warning or write up... just a certified letter saying I was fired.

So my question.. what can I do? Do I have a case? please help me to do the right thing. I do not think this was fair.

Returning to work from FMLA

I recently returned to work from 12 weeks FMLA for maternity leave. I have only been back a month when I hit my original hire date, when our vacation is suposed to renew for the year. My employer is now telling me I am not entilted to vacation for another 12 week because I have to make up the time that I missed. Is this legal?

I read this on the DOL website (In addition, an employee's use of FMLA leave cannot result in the loss of any employment benefit that the employee earned or was entitled to before using FMLA leave, nor be counted against the employee under a ''no fault'' attendance policy) and am not sure how to interprit it.

FMLA, CFRA, PDL - I'm confused!

I live and work in California and am trying to find out the various types of leave that I can use to cover my pregnancy. Couple of questions:

1. Are FMLA, CFRA & Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL) separate and can they be taken consecutively?

2. What benefits is the employer required to cover during this period?

3. Where can I find more info on each?

Any help on this would be appreciated - TIA!

family leave act

can a employer place a employee on fmla without employee or docter request.

questionable actions by my employer

I have been on Maternity leave and Oct 6 was my planned return date to work. Via email documentation, my boss granted me another month unpaid leave. My company pays for 8 weeks maternity leave. On Monday of this week (7 days before the 12 week point) my boss called me to let me know that I would now be reporting into someone else and he would have the responsibilty that I had prior to my maternity leave. I asked him what my role would be and he said 'I do not know, there is enough work to do'. In addition he said I needed to contribute to defining the roles. I stated I had concerns about my career development with this change and he said he does not believe it is affected. Although I have not had a change in rank (I am an Assoc Director) or pay, I did have a change in my job / responsibilities. The Director I will now be reporting to is a man with with no expertise to support the clients I was responsible for supporting. I have far more experience and have recieved recognition for my job performance with excellent reviews, confidential retention bonus's, outstanding contributor awards, etc. Is this legal as it pertains to FMLA and gender discrimination? I have been with this company for 12 years.

Fmla

I am the guardian of my nephew. I

applied for FMLA in March 2008. It

was granted in 5/08. While at

home on leave, my supervisor,

started an investigation with HR,

alledging that I was abusing FMLA

and using it for myself and taking a

long vacation. I since then have

had to submit over 5 times my FMLA

request and along with it various

documents at best 61 pages

(including taxes, medical records,

and personal info...). To this very

date I have not had any further

notification on approval. I have

been ordered back to work. I feel

like I have been harassed. I also

have filed a claim with the DOL and

EEOC. I thought that my employer

(which by the way is a very huge

HMO company with the initials KP)

was not to question, interfer ,

deny, or restrain my FMLA. Also, my

employer is not letting me excersise

my CFRA rights also? What should

I do or is there someone who will

help me?

Dying Parent

I had to go to court in another state (GA) to acquire emergency guardianship for my dying father. I made 2 trips and total of 9 days away from work.( Funeral arrangement included) My employer deducted sick days and vacation days and did not pay me for three days. What are my rights? It is a privately owned company with 16 employees. I am a full time employee with benefits.( 2 Yrs)

MA FMLA Questioni

I have acurred approx. 9 weeks of sick time which I would like to use before FMLA to care for my husband during his rehabilitation after an illness. I cannot afford to take this time unpaid. Is this up to the employer or is there some aspect of FMLA law which allows this.

Employer wanting dr note for FMLA

Hello. I have FMLA for a medical condition and have intermittent leave. I had a scheduled doctors appointment and handed the information to my supervisor one week prior to the appointment. I can call in on FMLA any day i want providing it is no more than 6 occurances per month.

My employer is now requesting a doctors note for the office visit.

I have already certified my FMLA status and I also provided them with reasonable notice, other than requesting that I obtain recertification (on their own doctor's dime) do I have to provide them with this information and go through the hassle? I did not request a visit verification at the time and my doctors charge a huge fee for paperwork and i am not going to pay to get the note after the fact when I can call in the morning of an episode on FMLA and not get any grief. At this point it is affecting me at work and making me feel insuffecient and harassed in a way (no one else has to do this, but I--name removed--gay and they know it).

Thank you for your help.

returning to work after maternity leave

i had my baby in sept and my disability payments are now over and its is december. so i could technically go back to work right? i discussed going back to my job in january with my manager and she said that was fine. a month later i was told i was not allowed to come back untill february because they have no hours to offer me untill then. i was also told that its not their fault i got pregnant by the assistant manager. i felt as if that statement was discriminating against me eventhough the owner and manager said they never said that. i want to know exactly what my rights are returning to work. are they allowed to tell me i cant come back untill february when i want to come back in january? and also how many hours are they required to give back to me?