UNLIMITED
HRP Statement 12 - Implementation of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
(FMLA) (Title 29, Part 825 Code of Federal Regulations)
POLICY’S INITIAL DATE: January 23, 1994
THIS VERSION EFFECTIVE:{January 10,2002} November 25, 2014
PREPARED BY:{Bruce T. Caine, Ph. D.} Matt Beaty, Sydney Hudson, Sammi Newsome
CONTENTS:
# Purpose
# Justification
# Applicability
# Definitions
# Responsibilities
# Standards and Implementation Procedures
# Reporting and Records
# References and Related Policies
PURPOSE: To establish responsibilities, procedures and standards for implementing the provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 within Organizational Effectiveness Unlimited in a fair and …show more content…
{Part-time employees and those individuals providing contracted services are not included in the provisions of this policy} Part-time employees with at least 625 hours of compensated work time in the 12 months prior to a request for FMLA leave.
DEFINITIONS:
FAMILY MEMBERS: A spouse, biological, adoptive or custodial child under age of 18 (unless a full-time student, then to age 23), parent or step-parent, or grand-parent.
FMLA Leave: A period of unpaid time away from work to deal with a family or personal health related issue. The current consensus is that short term absence (a few hours up to three days) by a team member for legitimate family and health related reasons should not be considered or recorded as FMLA unpaid leave.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Director of Human Resources will ensure the fair and equitable implementations of this program through active employee education and leader training, compliance monitoring, responsive support and technical …show more content…
They believe it is unfair and would like to receive compensatory time for the extra hours they have to put in for covering those on leave for such reasons. We would like to propose those who have to work extra hours to cover for employees taking long leaves to be paid overtime.
We would also like to propose a change in the Responsibilities portion of our policy. We would like to include the Self-Directed Work Team (SDWT) who are responsible for attendance records and internal work assignments.
A change in the definition of the FMLA Leave is also being proposed from a period of unpaid time away from work to deal with a family or personal health related issue to also include short term absences ( a few hours up to three days) by team members for a legitimate family and health related