Effective managerial training and prompt medical certification can go a long way toward ensuring compliance, Littler ...

Effective now, employees can request FMLA or PPL by completing an online request form. This streamlined process aims to improve the speed and accuracy of leave requests while making the entire process ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued an opinion letter on Nov. 8, 2024, affirming that employees may use Family and ...

An employee must be employed by the University for at least 12 months (consecutive or non-consecutive) and have worked at least 1,250 hours during the 12-month period preceding the date FMLA leave ...

FMLA is a leave of absence of up to 12 weeks in a 12-month period. Available to employees who have been employed for at least one year, have worked 1,250 hours in the 12-month period preceding the ...

The following is intended as additional interpretative guidance for Northwestern’s Faculty Family Leave policy and FMLA. Faculty members in need ... in NMG should follow the leave of absence process ...

For guidance about the process and services available and to request a work accommodation, please contact Equal Opportunity and Outreach (EOO) by email at: [email protected] or by phone: ...

Contact the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) coordinators at [email protected] to initiate the application process for coverage. The FMLA coordinators will guide the faculty member on all required ...

Training on the eligibility and process for obtaining FMLA leave is essential. Everyone should understand that FMLA leave is a right that can be used and should not be discouraged.

Employees eligible for FMLA benefits may take up to 12 work weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in a rolling 12-month period for medical and family ...

The process begins by training managers to identify absences as potential FMLA absences and having call-in procedures that specify the time period by which an absence must be reported, the person ...