FMLA & Rearranging Work Schedule

nietra

Here I go second guessing myself.

Employee's schedule involves working every other weekend. Has medical documentation that she needs to provide 24 hour supervision to her daughter and due to family scheduling of providing care she can not work the weekend anymore.

Instead of giving the weekend off (unpaid and counting as intermittent FMLA) - we offered and she accepted to a change of her hours to M-F only.

It's been explained that it is a temporary situation while her daughter needs this supervision but since we are not counting this as FMLA (because she is still working her 40 hours now) what documentation can we request say 90 days down the road to ensure the supervision is still required?

Gillian3

Since this change is temporary, maybe 90 days down the road you anticipate changing her back to the weekend shift. If the medical need exists at that time, she will have to fill out FMLA paperwork.

LivindonSouth

I've missed something. 24 hours a day? Is this going to be intermittent with her caring for the daughter only on weekends or will she be doing this 24 hours a day as you stated? Sounds like to me she successfully wiggled herself out of weekend duty at your place.

deniseE

OR she's in school/supervised daycare during the M-F daytime...and at home w/ mom afterwards...no school/daycare on the weekends.