FMLA - Can we allow broader rights for some employees?

System

Can a law firm grant all secretaries and administrative staff their FMLA leave rights and, at the same time, maintain a policy that associate attorneys can have broader leave rights? (For example, a pregnant secretary is afforded 12 weeks unpaid maternity leave while a pregnant attorney can take up to 6 months of paid leave.)

Gar

I don't see why not. But you could get into trouble if, let's say, most of your admin. staff is female and most of your attorneys are male. Or, if most of your admin. staff are women and people of color and most of your attorney's are White males. Be careful.

Theresa Gegen TX

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 12-13-01 AT 08:53PM (CST)[/font][p]Also, if the attorneys are partners, they are actually owners of the business, and the staff is not, so there may be a valid reason for granting the owners more leave.

In my opinion, though, this will probably just anger the staff.