http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/index.html LawInfo - Legal Resource Center offers free legal forms and free legal documents that is designed to help consumers and businesses resolve their legal issues http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/how-long-do-i-need-to-be-employed-in-order-to.html <div>You must be employed by a covered employer, you must work at least 1,250 hours in the 12 months prior to your leave, you must work at or within 75 miles of a location where at least 50 employees work, and you must be employed for at least 12 months in order to qualify for FMLA leave.&nbsp;However, your 12 months does not have to be consecutive, although employment periods that are 7 or more years ago do not count, unless the periods were due to military obligations or the terms of a written agreement, such as a collective bargaining agreement.</div> Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:30:57 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/am-i-entitled-to-leave-due-to-both-a-qualifyi.html <div>Yes.&nbsp;However, the total amount of leave that you can use for either or both reasons is limited to 12 weeks of leave within a 12-month period.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:25:42 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/are-all-employees-entitled-to-take-military-f.html <div>No.&nbsp;Only employees who work for an employer who is subject to the Family and Medical Leave Act (&ldquo;FMLA&rdquo;), who have worked more than 1,250 hours in the last 12 months, who have worked for the employer for at least 12 months, and who are employed at or within 75 miles of a location where at least 50 employees work are eligible for the military family leave provisions of the NDAA.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:06:12 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/can-i-be-represented-by-an-attorney-during-an.html <div>Yes.&nbsp;You have the right to have your business represented by an attorney throughout the WHD investigation.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:50:29 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/can-i-carry-over-unused-military-caregiver-le.html <div>No.&nbsp;If you do not use the entire 26 weeks of military caregiver leave time available to you during a 12-month period, you forfeit the time that you did not use.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:44:42 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/can-i-take-leave-due-to-a-qualifying-exigency.html <div>Yes.&nbsp;You are entitled to take leave for up to 90 days following the return of your covered military family member from active duty for certain post-deployment activities.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:58:25 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/can-i-take-leave-from-my-job-under-the-revis2.html <div>Yes.&nbsp;As long as your employer is subject to FMLA, you are entitled to take up to 12 weeks of leave for health conditions related to your pregnancy and/or childbirth.&nbsp;</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:58:28 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/can-i-take-leave-from-my-job-under-the-revise.html <div>You qualify to take up to 12 weeks of leave under the FMLA if you are suffering from a chronic serious health condition that has left you incapacitated, or for which you must undergo treatment.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:11:05 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/can-i-take-leave-under-the-revised-family-and.html <div>Yes.&nbsp;As long as you provide your employer with the proper medical certification, you can take FMLA leave for your mandatory overtime hours.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:39:28 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/can-i-use-my-paid-vacation-or-sick-time-as-le.html <div>Yes.&nbsp;You can choose to use paid vacation or sick time if you need to take leave under the FMLA.&nbsp;Your employer can also make you use up your paid time when you request to take FMLA leave, before you can take any unpaid leave.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:43:14 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/can-a-father-take-leave-from-his-job-under-th.html <div>Yes.&nbsp;As long as his employer is subject to FMLA, a father can take up to 12 weeks of leave for the birth of his child and to care for his spouse who is incapacitated due to pregnancy and/or childbirth.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:04:28 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/can-my-employer-contact-my-doctor-about-my-me.html Any contact between your employer and your doctor is subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (&ldquo;HIPAA&rdquo;) privacy rules.&nbsp;Your doctor can only disclose that information to your employer about your medical condition that you have specifically agreed to in writing; however, you don&rsquo;t have to sign a release allowing your doctor to give your employer any information at all.&nbsp;Plus, your direct supervisor cannot contact your doctor; only human resources personnel or management can contact your doctor.&nbsp;<strong><br /> </strong> Labor and Employment FAQs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:54:26 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/can-my-employer-deny-me-a-perfect-attendance-.html <div>Yes.&nbsp;An employer can deny you a perfect attendance award even if your only absences were taken pursuant to the FMLA.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:15:27 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/can-the-wage-and-hour-division-whd-of-the-us.html <div>Yes.&nbsp;WHD targets certain types of businesses for investigations, such as low-wage industries that have higher rates of noncompliance with applicable laws, or businesses located within a certain geographic region.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:39:12 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/do-i-have-to-give-my-employer-documentation-o.html <div>When your employer decides whether you are eligible for FMLA leave, your employer must also give you information about the requirements to take FMLA leave, such as whether you will be required to provide documentation of the qualifying reason(s) for taking leave under the FMLA, and your other rights and responsibilities under the revised FMLA.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:50:04 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/do-i-have-to-provide-any-documentation-to-my-.html <div>Your employer can require you to provide certification from an authorized healthcare provider who is treating the covered servicemember.&nbsp;An optional form is available from the U.S. Department of Labor that can help you obtain the certification that your employer may require in order for you to take military caregiver leave.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:51:55 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/do-all-employers-have-to-permit-military-fami.html <div>No.&nbsp;Only employers that are subject to the Family and Medical Leave Act (&ldquo;FMLA&rdquo;), i.e. public agencies, schools, and private companies with 50 or more employees, are subject to the military family leave provisions of the NDAA.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:59:23 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/do-missed-work-periods-due-to-my-national-gua.html <div>No.&nbsp;Your employer must consider the time periods during which you would have worked but for your military service in computing your eligibility under the revised FMLA.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:36:15 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/do-the-military-family-leave-provisions-of-th.html <div>No.&nbsp;The NDAA military family leave provisions mandate only that an employer permit unpaid leave.&nbsp;However, you may be able to use your regular paid leave from your job while also using military family leave.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:11:58 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/does-a-court-or-the-us-department-of-labor.html <div>No.&nbsp;You are free to enter into a settlement of any claim for violation of the FMLA that you might have against your employer, which typically results in you waiving all rights to further action against your employer for that violation of law.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:55:21 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/does-a-covered-military-member-for-the-purpos.html <div>Yes.&nbsp;The definition of covered military member in the NDAA includes biological and adopted children, stepchildren, and children for whom you were a guardian or foster parent, as well as those children who are over the age of 18.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:06:30 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/how-do-i-know-if-my-medical-certification-is-.html <div>If your employer does not believe your medical certification to be complete or sufficient for the purposes of the FMLA, your employer must specify the problems with your medical certification in writing, and give you up to 7 days to provide a more complete and/or sufficient medical certification.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:20:24 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/how-do-i-receive-the-results-of-an-investigat.html <div>Once WHD has completed its investigation, the investigator will meet with the business&rsquo;s officials and disclose any violations that were found, as well as the actions needed to correct those violations.&nbsp;</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:46:45 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/how-much-information-do-i-have-to-give-my-emp.html <div>You have to give your employer sufficient information about your need for FMLA leave, as well as the timing and length of your leave.&nbsp;Sufficient information might include the fact that you are pregnant or undergoing surgery, or that you must care for a family member who is unable to care for himself.&nbsp;Again, the definition of sufficient information depends on the facts and circumstances of each case.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:12:05 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/how-much-leave-can-i-take-due-to-a-qualifying.html <div>You are entitled to 12 weeks of leave due to a &ldquo;qualifying exigency&rdquo; within a 12-month period. </div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:21:16 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/how-much-military-caregiver-leave-can-i-take-.html <div>Eligible employees are entitled to take up to 26 weeks of military caregiver leave within a 12-month period.&nbsp;If an eligible employee takes up to 12 weeks of leave under the revised Family and Medical Leave Act (&ldquo;FMLA&rdquo;) for another reason, in addition to military caregiver leave, the employee is limited to a total of 26 weeks of leave per a 12-month period.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:41:28 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/how-much-notice-do-i-have-give-my-employer-if.html <div>If you can foresee the time period during which you will need to take leave, such as if you will be giving birth to or adopting a child, then you must give your employer 30 days notice of your FMLA leave.&nbsp;If, however, the event causing your need to take leave is not foreseeable, or you are unable to give your employer notice 30 days beforehand, then you must give your employer notice as soon as possible, depending on the facts and circumstances.&nbsp;</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:25:19 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/how-much-notice-do-i-have-to-give-my-employer.html <div>You must give your employer 30 days notice of your intent to use military caregiver leave under the NDAA.&nbsp;If you are unable to give 30 days notice, then you should give your employer notice as soon as practicable, and comply with any of your employer&rsquo;s usual call-in procedures if your need to take leave is unforeseeable.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:48:18 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/how-much-notice-do-i-need-to-give-my-employer.html <div>You must give your employer notice as soon as possible.&nbsp;If your leave is unforeseeable, you should follow your employer&rsquo;s regular rules for reporting your absence.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:14:28 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/how-often-can-my-employer-ask-for-medical-cer.html <div>Your employer can ask for medical certification after 30 days, unless the leave period is expected to last more than 30 days, in which case the employer must wait until the leave period is up to ask for certification.&nbsp;An employer can ask for recertification at least every 6 months, and can ask for recertification more often if you request an extension of your leave, or if there are changed circumstances during the leave period.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:58:59 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/how-quickly-does-my-employer-have-to-let-me-k.html <div>Except in extraordinary circumstances, your employer must decide whether you are eligible to take leave under the FMLA within five business days of the date that you requested to take FMLA leave.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:45:54 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/if-i-am-taking-more-than-3-days-of-leave-for-.html <div>Yes.&nbsp;The first healthcare provider visit must occur within 7 days of the beginning of the leave period, and you must have at least two visits with your healthcare provider for continuing or periodic treatment per year.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:05:07 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/if-i-am-taking-more-than-3-days-of-leave-for-.html <div>Yes.&nbsp;The first healthcare provider visit must occur within 7 days of the beginning of the leave period, and both visits must occur within 30 days of the beginning of the leave period.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:01:06 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/if-i-must-take-leave-that-qualifies-both-as-m.html <div>In this case, your employer must first designate your leave as military caregiver leave.&nbsp;This allows you a longer leave period, plus it eliminates some of the administrative paperwork that is typically required under the FMLA.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:02:35 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/if-i-need-to-take-leave-under-the-revised-fam.html <div>Yes.&nbsp;Unless extraordinary circumstances prevent you from doing so, you must call in or otherwise follow your employer&rsquo;s usual procedures for reporting that you will be absent from work.&nbsp;If you do not follow your employer&rsquo;s rules, your employer may deny your request for leave under the FMLA, and you might be subject to discipline by your employer for failing to follow the rules.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:21:19 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/if-i-receive-an-invitational-travel-authoriza.html <div>No.&nbsp;In this case, your employer must accept a copy of the ITA or ITO instead of the usual certification for the duration of the time period specified in the ITA or ITO.&nbsp;If your leave must extend beyond that time period, then you may have to provide your employer with certification.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:55:47 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/if-a-complaint-has-been-made-about-my-company.html <div>WHD cannot disclose who has made a complaint, the content of the complaint, or the fact that a complaint was even made.&nbsp;As a result, WHD typically will not tell you the reason for opening an investigation into your company.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:35:34 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/if-my-doctor-restricts-me-to-light-duty-work-.html <div>No.&nbsp;The revised FMLA is clear that any period during which an employee is restricted to light duty is not countable against his/her FMLA leave time.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:48:22 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-does-an-investigation-of-an-employer-by-.html <div>First, WHD investigators will determine whether an employer is subject to the federal laws that the WHD enforces.&nbsp;If the employer is subject to those laws, then the investigator will verify that workers are being employed and paid in accordance with the federal laws that the WHD enforces.&nbsp;</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:26:46 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-happens-if-the-wage-and-hour-division-wh.html <div>WHD will make every attempt to resolve violations that it found during its investigation by entering into an agreement with your business to correct the violations and pay back wages or overtime that is owed to employees.&nbsp;However, if settlement is unsuccessful, an employee may file suit against your business to recover wages, and/or the Secretary of Labor can file suit on behalf of employees for lost wages and other damages.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:56:51 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-happens-in-an-investigation-by-the-wage-.html <div>WHD typically begins by verifying that your business is in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, which normally involves examining the business&rsquo;s practices through current and former employee interviews, as well as through records regarding hours and wages.&nbsp;.&nbsp;</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:43:04 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-is-a-chronic-serious-health-condition-un.html <div>In order for an illness or health condition to count as a chronic serious health condition under the FMLA, the condition must require periodic treatment by a healthcare provider (at least twice per year), it must continue over an extended period of time, and it may cause episodic rather than continuing periods of incapacity.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:16:19 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-is-a-serious-health-condition-under-the-.html <div>A serious health condition is an illness or other medical condition, which may be mental or physical, that requires either inpatient care or continuing treatment by a healthcare provider.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:21:56 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-is-a-covered-military-member-for-the-pur.html <div>A covered military member, in terms of qualifying exigency leave, is the employee&rsquo;s spouse, child, or parent who is on active duty or call to active duty status.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:02:05 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-is-a-covered-servicemember-for-the-purpo.html <div>A covered servicemember is a member of the military, including the National Guard and Reserves, who is receiving medical treatment, is recuperating, and or is receiving therapy for a serious illness or injury that occurred while the servicemember was on active duty.&nbsp;Retired or permanently disabled servicemembers are not covered servicemembers for the purposes of the NDAA.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:33:39 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-is-a-serious-illness-or-injury-for-the-p.html <div>A serious illness or injury is sustained by the covered servicemember in the line of duty while on active duty, which may make him or her medically unfit to perform his or her duties.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:37:38 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-is-continuing-treatment-under-the-revise.html <div>Continuing treatment generally involves incapacity due to a medical condition for at least 3 days while being treated by a healthcare provider, or certain other types of incapacity, such as incapacity due to pregnancy and/or childbirth, incapacity due to multiple treatments for a health condition, or incapacity to undergo surgery.&nbsp;There are also timeframes within which treatment must occur in order for it to qualify as continuing treatment.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:27:13 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-is-the-national-defense-authorization-ac.html <div>The NDAA amends the Family and Medical Leave Act (&ldquo;FMLA&rdquo;) to include certain provisions for military families.&nbsp;Essentially, under the NDAA, military family members who work for FMLA-covered employers may be entitled to special leave under the FMLA, i.e. &ldquo;qualifying exigency&rdquo; and &ldquo;military caregiver&rdquo; leave.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:51:26 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-is-active-duty-or-call-to-active-duty-st.html <div>Active duty or call to active duty status refers to National Guard or Reserves members who have been ordered to active duty or who have been notified that they will be placed on active duty for a contingency operation.&nbsp;It does not refer to current active duty military members.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:11:26 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-is-military-caregiver-leave-under-the-na.html <div>The NDAA permits an eligible employee to take leave in order to care for a spouse, child, parent, or next of kin who is also a covered servicemember with a serious illness or injury.&nbsp;</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:30:34 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-is-qualifying-exigency-leave-under-the-n.html <div>Qualifying exigency leave refers to any &ldquo;qualifying exigency&rdquo; that arises out of the fact that a covered military member is on or has been called to active military duty.&nbsp;The new regulations list several different types of events that constitute a &ldquo;qualifying exigency&rdquo; when a covered military member is deployed, such as making alternative childcare arrangements, attending military functions, and/or making legal and financial arrangements for a covered military member who will be deployed.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:54:45 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-laws-does-the-wage-and-hour-division-of-.html <div>The Wage and Hour Division enforces several federal laws, including the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:23:55 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-sort-of-documentation-do-i-have-to-give-.html <div>If you request to take leave due to a &ldquo;qualifying exigency&rdquo; under the NDAA, your employer may require you to provide a copy of the covered military member&rsquo;s order to active duty or call to active duty status in support of a contingency operation, as well as his or her anticipated dates of service.&nbsp;Your employer may also require documentation of the &ldquo;qualifying exigency&rdquo;, which might include a statement of the necessity of your leave, as well as the dates and times during which you would need to take leave. </div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:17:42 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/what-sort-of-notice-are-employers-required-to.html <div>Employers must post general information about the FMLA in the workplace where employees will see it, as well as information about how to file a FMLA claim.&nbsp;Additionally, employers must place FMLA information in any employee handbooks or personnel manuals, and give the information to new employees when they are hired.&nbsp;Employers face up to a $110.00 fine if they fail to comply with these requirements.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:41:20 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/when-i-want-to-return-to-work-after-taking-le.html <div>Yes.&nbsp;Your employer can require that you get documentation from your doctor that you are able to resume your regular duties at work, if the employer has a uniform policy that requires employees to provide such documentation after taking FMLA leave.&nbsp;If you don&rsquo;t provide the documentation, then your employer may not let you return to work.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:35:38 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/who-should-i-contact-if-i-think-my-employer-h.html <div>These federal laws are enforced by the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:15:33 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/will-i-receive-any-advance-notice-if-my-compa.html <div>Maybe.&nbsp;Many times, an investigator will notify an employer that WHD is opening an investigation.&nbsp;Other times, because the investigator wants to observe normal business operations and develop facts quickly, WHD will not give an employer any advance notice of an investigation.&nbsp;In any case, WHD is not required to given an employer advance notice of an investigation.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:31:42 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Federal/yes-the-first-healthcare-provider-visit-must.html <div>Under the revised FMLA, there is no distinction between paid vacation, personal, or sick leave time that you may be eligible for when you need to take FMLA leave.&nbsp;If you are entitled to take paid leave under your employer&rsquo;s rules, then you can take paid leave concurrently with your FMLA leave time.</div> Labor and Employment FAQs Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:10:28 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Age-Discrimination-in-Employment-Act-ADEA/Federal/index.html Free Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) FAQs Labor and Employment Sub-categories Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:38 GMT 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