The Essential Guide to Family & Medical Leave

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P Managers’
Checklist
Leave for a New Child, continued
For Parenting Leave:
o If the employee is requesting parenting leave, I have confirmed that the leave is:
o to begin after the birth of the child
o not for the employee’s own medical condition, and
o full time and not intermittent or reduced-schedule leave, unless company
policy or state law permits such leave.
o If the employee is requesting parenting leave for the birth of a child, I have
requested appropriate certification (birth certificate).
o If the employee is requesting parenting leave for adoption or foster placement,
I have:
o requested appropriate certification of adoption or placement (for example,
a court order)
o allowed time off before adoption or foster placement if necessary to attend
proceedings or meetings related to placement.
Where Both Parents Work for Your Company:
o For parents who are married and are both seeking parenting leave, I have:
o confirmed in writing to the parents that they get no more than a combined
total of 12 weeks of parenting leave, and
o subtracted the parenting time from each employee’s FMLA time and noted
the remainder for use for other types of FMLA leave.
o For parents who are not married and are both seeking leave, I have:
o confirmed in writing to the parents that each parent has a full 12 weeks of
parenting leave available
o subtracted the parenting time from each employee’s FMLA time and noted
the remainder for use for other types of FMLA leave