The Essential Guide to Family & Medical Leave

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Same-sex couples, not covered by FMLA,
70–71
Scheduling leave, 179–184
postponing the start of, 180–182
rescheduling leave, 182–183
School employers
FMLA obligations, 5
intermittent or reduced-schedule leave
and, 116
Secondary employers, 22–24
Serious health condition
avoiding common mistakes, 76
in company FMLA policy, 345
conditions not covered, 65
conditions qualifying as, 56–65, 67
employer’s role in identifying, 55–56
leave for employee’s own condition,
68–70
leave for family member’s condition,
70–75
parenting leave combined with, 90
substance abuse as, 66
75-mile radius rule
eligible employees, 20
measuring the radius, 38–39
where an employees works,
determining, 39–40
Siblings, 72
Sick time as FMLA leave, 128–129
Sisters and brothers, 72
Size of covered companies, calculating,
17–20
Small necessities laws, state laws,
266–267
Spouse as family member, 70–71
Spreadsheet files (XLS files), 409–411
State laws
checklist, 277–278
disability insurance laws, 272–273
DOL addresses, 336–339
family and medical leave laws, 11,
262–269
FMLA leave affected by, 262–273
insurance programs, 11
listed by state, 298–335
workers’ compensation insurance,
269–272
Status reports
in company FMLA policy, 349, 354
requesting from employees on leave,
202–203
Stillborn birth, 80
Substance abuse, as serious health
condition, 66
Substantial and grievous economic
injury, notice to employee of, 235–237,
381
Successor in interest, 25
Suspensions, and 12-month requirement,
42